APPEL News

February 21, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 2   The Project Management Challenge 2008 conference will take place February 26-27, 2008, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 21, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 2   How did the universe begin? Humans have asked the question for millennia. In the modern age, scientists have focused on determining the physical origins of the universe.

February 21, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 2   On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to circle the Earth from space, making three orbits in the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft.

February 21, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 2   (Originally published in Ask OCE February 8, 2006 Vol. 1, Issue 4 NASA employees are routinely called upon to solve problems that require high levels of creativity and coordination from project teams.

February 21, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 2   As project management has become increasingly critical to the successful execution of the work of government, the White House Office of Management and Budget has developed a certification program to ensure that federal project managers possess the necessary competencies to succeed at various stages of their careers.

April 3, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 3   More than 1200 civil servants, contractors, and members of the aerospace community attended PM Challenge 2008.

April 3, 2008 Vol. 1. Issue 3   If you’ve been at NASA five years or less, Foundations of Aerospace at NASA is for you.

April 3, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 3   What is the relationship between leadership and power? It depends on the leaders, the followers, and the context, according to Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

April 3, 2008 Vol 1, Issue 3   The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched Jules Verne, the first of its new line of cargo-hauling Automotive Transfer Vehicles (ATV), into low earth orbit from the Guiana Space Center in Korou, French Guiana, on March 9, 2008.