By Don Cohen Dr. Kenneth Szalai led the Dryden Flight Research Center from 1990 to 1998. Earlier in his career at Dryden, he was principal investigator on the F-8 digital fly-by-wire program and participated in many X-plane aircraft programs.
By Steve Jolly A few years ago my attitude toward the design and development of space systems fundamentally changed.
By Colin Angle Maybe an employee comes up with that brilliant idea for a new product. Or perhaps a customer makes a great improvement suggestion.
By Frank J. Cepollina and Jill McGuire NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center pioneered satellite servicing more than thirty years ago with the historic Solar Maximum Repair Mission.
By Andrew Chaikin When I was five, in 1961, one of my favorite books was called You Will Go to the Moon. It tells of a young boy who accompanies a team of astronauts on a lunar voyage.
NASA in the News NASA announced plans to partner with Microsoft to develop technology that will make planetary images and data more readily available to the public.
By Laurence Prusak Not long ago a few of us who work on this magazine were talking about creating some sort of knowledge map of a NASA program—perhaps Kepler or even Apollo.
The decision to launch a shuttle brings together complex issues of many kinds—issues of engineering, safety, systems, technology, time, pressure, and people.
