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Chemist Anne Caraccio works with a prototype reactor for incinerating trash in space. The device is inside a lab at NASA's Kenendy Space Center in Florida. She is part of the team developing a mechanism to burn trash and extract valuable gases from the material.
Young Professionals Brief: The Next Generation on Knowledge
January 31, 2013 // by

Vol. 6, Issue 1 Young professionals at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) shared how they seek out and share knowledge at NASA—and it doesn’t involve tweeting or texting.

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NASA at 50
Academy Bookshelf: NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA Senior Leadership
January 31, 2013 // by

Vol. 6, Issue 1 The NASA History Offices latest publication captures the thinking of NASA senior leadership on the agencys 50th anniversary.

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Columbia Case Study
Case Study Archive: Columbia’s Last Mission
January 31, 2013 // by

Vol. 6, Issue 1 Routine reviews of Columbia’s launch videos from January 16, 2003, revealed a foam strike and triggered discussions within NASA about what, if anything should be done next.

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Ice Bridge
This Month in NASA History: Learning from ICESat
January 31, 2013 // by

Vol. 6, Issue 1 Ten years after an unexpected anomaly, the lessons and knowledge of the ICESat mission live on in current and future missions.

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This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012. Very precise measurements between two spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were used to map gravity with high precision and high spatial resolution.
Message from the Director: Measuring Up
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 What is benchmarking and why do it anyway?

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A burst of flame from a J-2X Powerpack test-firing lights up the sky on Dec. 5, 2012 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. For the first time, the Space Launch System team invited Twitter followers behind-the-scenes for an all-day Tweet Chat, allowing the public to track test day activities and ask questions during this 1,286-second test.
CKO Corner: SSC’s John Stealey
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 John Stealey shares his insights about knowledge management at Stennis Space Center.

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NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top lifts off to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Knowledge Brief: Shuttle Knowledge Console v3.0
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 Johnson Space Center (JSC) offers new knowledge resources on the Space Shuttle Program.

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Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster.
Academy Brief: Embraer Benchmarking with NASA
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 How does knowledge work happen in an organization?

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BLAST project team with their payload at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
View from Above: BLAST! the movie
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 How often do you need to wear sunglasses to do physics?

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