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Enabling Mission Success: Five Projects in Eight Months

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   The key to juggling multiple successful projects is lots of accurate communication, according to Rod Zieger of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). To say that 2011 was a busy time for JPL is an understatement: four projects launched—Aquarius, Juno, GRAIL, and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)—and one neared […]

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Uses of Wikis Across NASA

Vol. 5, Issue 2 Collaborative, accessible, and efficient, wikis offer NASA a powerful knowledge solution.

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The Open NASA Platform: Making NASA’s Resources Accessible

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   What if NASA’s information and data were open by default?

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Managing Watson: IBM’s Jeopardy! Champion

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   In order to beat the all-time Jeopardy! champions with a computer, IBM took a flexible, creative approach to project management.

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The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Enterprise Makes Its First Trek

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   This month marks the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle Enterprise’s maiden flight.

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The prime crew of Apollo 1, Virgil I "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, II, and Roger B. Chaffee, during training in Florida. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Apollo 1 – Abandon in Place

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   Forty-five years ago this month, a cry let out from the Apollo 1 capsule, “There’s a fire in here.”

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Workers study Hubble’s main, eight-foot (2.4 m) mirror. The flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope’s optics was due in part to reductions in testing to save money.
ASK Magazine Archive: Success, Failure, and NASA Culture

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   The root causes of failure are often cultural, not technical, according to Dr. Stephen B. Johnson.

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Project HOPE: The Story Begins
Video Case Study Project HOPE The Story Begins

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   A young team of engineers had one year and a lot to learn before getting their rocket off the ground.

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Kevin Fisher, software systems engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Young Professional Brief: Kevin Fisher

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   Kevin Fisher made his entrance into systems engineering as a freshman on a team of seniors.

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