ASK the Academy

September 5, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 8   With a workforce spread across ten field centers, NASA has plenty of “knowledge nomads” who move from one organization to another.

September 5, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 8   What does a theory about international relations have to do with project leadership? More than meets the eye.

September 5, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 8   The National Science Foundation has begun a program to develop very small satellites that can further the study of space weather.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   The evidence of great leadership manifests itself in great judgment, according to Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   Space debris poses an increasing threat to space security, according to Space Security 2008, the fifth annual report by spacesecurity.org.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   In early September 2005, the Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center received an unexpected call from Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the launch vehicle for New Horizons, NASAs long-planned mission to Pluto.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   In the spirit of NASA’s fiftieth anniversary, ASK the Academy looks back forty years to a letter written by George S. Trimble, Deputy Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center) from 1967-1969, on the definition of systems engineering.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   Knowledge sharing is a critical pillar of the Academy’s professional development framework that is central to its efforts to build a community of reflective practitioners across NASA.

October 1, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 9   Pioneer 1, NASA’s first-ever space launch, rocketed into orbit on October 11, 1958.