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One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Photo Credit: NASA

July 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

What insight does the expression “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” have for Knowledge Services, especially at NASA?

In a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay, an aft center segment of a Solid Rocket Booster is lowered toward a segment already in place. Photo Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Weiping Yu’s "To Thine Own Self Be True"

June 30, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I made my mistake over and over again for many years.

Space Shuttle Discovery in the Vehicle Assembly Building. On either side of Discovery’s tail and Orbiter Maneuvering System Pods are the Tail Masts that support the fluid, gas and electrical requirements of the orbiter’s liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen aft T-0 umbilicals. Photo Credit: NASA/KSC

My Best Mistake: Eugene Hajdaj’s “What Could Go Wrong?”

June 10, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

At Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Equipment Test Facility, I learned the hard way that supposedly bulletproof designs are not necessarily as trouble-free as they may appear.

Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), Diane Malarik, Senior Project Manager of the Space Flight System Directorate, and Michael Barrett, Deputy Chief for the Space Technology Project Office. Photo Credit: NASA

Why You Can’t Win With Scared Money: A Masters with Masters Interview with Michael Barrett and Diane Malarik

May 26, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC).

Now Featuring the New Lessons Learned Landing Page

May 15, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

“Where do you go for Lessons Learned at NASA?”

This 1986 artist's concept shows the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) towing a satellite. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center planners, the OMV would be a remotely-controlled free-flying space tug which would place, rendezvous, dock, and retrieve orbital payloads. Image Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Bill Gerstenmaier’s “Balancing Budgets and Work”

May 13, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I’m not sure that the decisions I made as operations manager of the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) program nearly three decades ago were necessarily mistakes, but the problems that ultimately killed the OMV were certainly real.

Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman poses with the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program staff at the 2014 Symposium held February 4-6 at Stanford University. From left to right: Katherine Reilly, Communications & Outreach Manager; Jamie Hyneman; Jay Falker, Program Executive; Ronald Turner, Senior Science Advisor; Jason E. Derleth, Program Manager. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center

Know Comparison

May 12, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Mythbusters is no stranger to NASA.

Workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida accompany shuttle Atlantis as it is towed back to its processing hangar after landing at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility, completing its 13-day mission to the International Space Station and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

My Best Mistake: Dan Keenan’s “Where Journeys Begin”

April 16, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Anyone who has ever had the courage to go out into the world and do something knows there are only two kinds of mistakes: ones we can recover from and ones we cannot recover from.

Second Knowledge 2020 Conference to be Held at Johnson Space Center

April 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

NASA’s Chief Knowledge Officers (CKO), NASA knowledge community, and project and program practitioners are invited to a unique knowledge sharing conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC), April 27 – 29, 2015.

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