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Toward a History of the Space Shuttle
Academy Bookshelf: A History of the Space Shuttle, Part Deux
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 A new NASA History Office publication offers an annotated history of the Space Shuttle Programs final 20 years.

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Advanced Turboprop Project
This Month in NASA History: Advanced Turboprop Project
December 20, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 12 Twenty-five years ago, an old technology project earned Lewis Research Center the Collier Trophy.

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The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions, one after the other over a four-hour period on Nov. 16, 2012. The action was captured in the 304 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. It seems possible that the disruption to the Sun’s magnetic field might have triggered the second event since they were in relatively close proximity to each other. The expanding particle clouds heading into space do not appear to be Earth-directed.
Message from the Director: The Half-Life of Knowledge
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 Unlike physical elements, it is hard to guess the half-life of knowledge in advance.

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Langley CKO Manjula Ambur
CKO Corner: LaRC’s Manjula Ambur
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 Langley Research Center’s Manjula Ambur shares her insights about knowledge management at her center.

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Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky at the center of the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The XDF is a small fraction of the angular diameter of the full moon. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is an image of a small area of space in the constellation Fornax, created using Hubble Space Telescope data from 2003 and 2004. The new full-color XDF image is even more sensitive, and contains about 5,500 galaxies even within its smaller field of view. The faintest galaxies are one ten-billionth the brightness of what the human eye can see.
Academy Brief: New Online APPEL Courses Now Available
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 Two of APPEL’s most popular courses are now available to NASA employees online.

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Project personnel inspect damage following a NASA scientific balloon launch mishap on April 28 at the Alice Springs Balloon Launching Center, near Alice Springs, Australia.
Knowledge Brief: Balloon Mishap in the Outback
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 A 2010 balloon mishap serves as a valuable case study.

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Rogel Mari Sese (standing) at the first Southeast Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration Meeting in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines in November 2012.
View from the Outside: Developing a Filipino Space Program
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 As one of a handful of astrophysicists in the Philippines, Rogel Mari Sese aims to advance his countrys role in space.

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NASA's Journey to Project Management Excellence
Academy Bookshelf: NASA’s Journey to Project Management Excellence
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 | Download PDF How can an organization address the human dimension of complex projects?

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Apollo 4's Eight-Hour Mission
This Month in NASA History: Apollo 4’s Eight-Hour Mission
November 29, 2012 // by

Vol. 5, Issue 11 Forty-five years ago, the unpiloted Apollo 4 spacecraft flew atop a Saturn V rocket to prove NASA could safely reach the moon.

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