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April 30, 2009 Vol. 2 Issue 4   The Academy featured Acting Administrator Chris Scolese and NASA Chief Engineer Mike Ryschkewitsch in its first “Masters with Masters” session.

April 30, 2009 Vol. 2 Issue 4   Brindley McGowan, Manager of Technical Education and Training at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), received the Space Flight Awareness Award in March 2009.

April 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 4   The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that assessed four alternative scenarios to NASA’s plans for the future.

April 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 4   On April 9, 1984, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41C successfully captured the ailing Solar Maximum spacecraft, serviced it on orbit, and released it back into operation.

April 30, 2009 Vol. 2 Issue 4   There is an empirically sound reason that NASA project life cycle reviews should bring together diverse groups of thinkers: there is strength in cognitive diversity, according to Scott E. Page.

March 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 3   General Electric and NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) are working together on testing a new generation of open rotor technology concepts for aircraft engines.

March 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 3   The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing to debut its H-IIB launch vehicle this year.

March 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 3   From Space Act agreements to prize contests, the Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) helps NASA meet its technology needs through a portfolio of investments and partnerships.

March 30, 2009 Vol. 2, Issue 3 Marty Linsky, co-founder of Cambridge Leadership Associates, has decades of experience as a consultant, facilitator, teacher and trainer in leadership with a wide range of public and private sector clients in the U.S. and abroad.