Don Cohen, Managing Editor In her reflection on seven years of learning and writing about NASA projects (“What I’ve Learned from NASA”), ASK editor Kerry Ellis identifies adequate testing as an essential contributor to mission success.
By Laurence Prusak I’d like to talk about an F word that is probably heard less in most organizations than that other F word—the one you thought I meant. The F word I have in mind is “failure.”
By Don Cohen Originally a co-op student at Goddard Space Flight Center, Alan J. Lindenmoyer has worked on human spaceflight programs for more than thirty years. In 2005, he was appointed manager of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, which manages Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS), at the Johnson Space Center.
By Ann Over The Space Communications and Networking (SCaN) Testbed (STB) is a flight and ground system delivered on a fast-track schedule by Glenn Research Center.
This article is excerpted and adapted from Structuring Future International Cooperation: Learning from the ISS, by L. Cline, P. Finarelli, G. Gibbs, and I. Pryke In September 1988, the United States, Canada, Japan, and ten member nations of the European Space Agency signed agreements that established what was originally the Space Station Freedom (SSF).
By David Wilhelm, Nancy Lindsey, Maria So, Nichole Pinkney, and Nancy Rackley The ability to plan one’s career path can be a strong force for morale and fulfillment in the workplace.
By Richard McDermott Mentoring has a long tradition at NASA.
In August 2012, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer and Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership Director Ed Hoffman sat down with Hans Mark, from the University of Texas at Austin, and NASA’s Jack Boyd at the Ames Research Center as part of the Academy’s Masters with Masters series.
Don Cohen, Managing Editor ASK Magazine is one small part of NASA’s varied and extensive efforts to share the knowledge needed to carry out the agency’s projects and programs successfully.
