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September 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 7   Academy Director Dr. Ed Hoffman delivered a keynote address at an international project management conference about how missions reflect values.

September 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 7   On his last day in the office, Bryan O’Connor, Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance, spoke with ASK the Academy.

September 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 7   A team of thirty-five trackers worked together to provide the photographic story of a space shuttle launch.

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   Five underlying rules are critical to ignite the American innovation engine, according to MIT President Susan Hockfield.

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   NASA and the Department of Defense (DOD) should undertake periodic assessments to correct parts quality problems in their programs, according to the General Accountability Office (GAO).

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   Ten years ago this month, Genesis launched to discover the origin of our solar system. Three years later, it had an unexpectedly rough return in the Utah desert.

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   Surviving the third costliest hurricane to hit the United States reaffirmed a common lesson for NASA: in the event of an emergency, you’d better have a plan.

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   In a time of transition at NASA, Darius Yaghoubi wants to learn as much as he can.

August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6   The aerospace workforce saw more stability than change in 2011, according to two benchmark studies by Aviation Week.