![Several critical items related to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope currently are being tested in the thermal vacuum test chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. This image shows the Optical Telescope Element Simulator, or OSIM, wrapped in a silver blanket on a platform, being lowered into the Space Environment Simulator vacuum chamber via crane to be tested to withstand the cold temperatures of space.](https://appel.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/5-5-Projects-Built-Around-People-and-Networks-670x380.jpg)
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 What is the greatest risk to a project? What is the most likely culprit to a failed societal grand challenge? How do we understand and address the increasing complexity of missions?
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 What is the greatest risk to a project? What is the most likely culprit to a failed societal grand challenge? How do we understand and address the increasing complexity of missions?
May 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 5 Representatives from across the federal government gathered at NASA Headquarters to share insights about the challenges of managing organizational knowledge.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 For Dr. Soyeon Yi, the first South Korean astronaut to fly in space, her mission was a national accomplishment, not a personal one.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Lessons from a global innovation event may inspire new ways to solve project-based challenges concurrently.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Smarts alone do not guarantee career success, according to inveterate inventor Tim Pickens.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 It takes more than a little hand sanitizer to protect the worlds we explore.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Inadequate funding and access to space threaten the nation’s Earth-observing capability, according to a new report by the National Research Council.
May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Fifteen years ago this month, a solar event triggered a rare sight.