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A Boeing KC-135, equipped with winglets, during a 1979 test flight. Photo Credit: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
This Month in NASA History: Winglets Helped Save an Industry

Thirty-five years ago this month, an aerodynamic innovation driven by soaring fuel prices took flight: winglets.

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Lift off of a Boeing Delta IV heavy launch vehicle, part of the evolved expendable launch vehicle (EELV) program. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Carleton Bailie
Government Brief: GAO Calls for Best Practices in U.S. Space Launch Enterprise

Recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) testimony to Congress identified a need for best practices to enhance future U.S. launch vehicle development efforts.

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Early on the morning of July 2, 2014, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket prepared to launch OCO-2 into space. Photo Credit: NASA
Lessons Learned Support a Successful Launch

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) launched into its targeted orbit on July 2, 2014, giving NASA a second chance to answer critical questions about atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).

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2014 class member Vanessa Stroh from Kennedy Space Center speaks at the graduation ceremony about the importance of partnerships in making the dream of space exploration come true. Photo Credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky
Academy Brief: 2014 SELDP Class Graduates

The critical roles of attitude and change were stressed throughout the graduation ceremony for the Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) class of 2014. 

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Technicians inspect the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the case studies noted in Seven Axioms of Good Engineering: Development of a Case Study-Based Course for NASA. Photo Credit: NASA
APPEL in Academia: Highlighting the Role of Case Study-Based Learning

Seven Axioms of Good Engineering: Development of a Case Study-Based Course for NASA has been accepted for presentation at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference.

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A representation of the evolution of the universe over 13.77 billion years. Image Credit: NASA / WMAP Science Team
This Month in NASA History: WMAP Began to Transform Cosmology

On June 30, 2001, a single-instrument probe launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a Delta II rocket and cracked open a precise and accurate window into the history of the universe.

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Matthew Smith, reliability analyst, is a member of the pilot Rocket U program at Glenn Research Center. Photo courtesy of Matthew Smith.
Interview with Glenn Research Center’s Matthew Smith

A love of systems thinking brought Matthew Smith to Glenn Research Center. Now GRC’s Rocket University program is letting him apply that thinking to a full project lifecycle.

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Sarah DeWitt holding a vial of diamonds that are older than the solar system. Photo Credit: Kate Webbink, The Field Museum
Sharing NASA’s Science and Engineering Stories

NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist is on track to launch a science communications initiative designed to help the agency’s practitioners tell their stories.

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Lealem Mulugeta performing an EVA at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Photo courtesy of Lealem Mulugeta.
Announcing the NASA Young Professionals Page

The APPEL website introduces the first comprehensive source for connecting NASA young professionals with their peers across the agency.

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