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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”

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.

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Knowledge 2020 Conference
Second Knowledge 2020 Conference to be Held at Johnson Space Center

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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APPEL ranked best academy in the world by the Project Management Institute.
APPEL Named Best Academy in the World by the Project Management Institute

NASA’s Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) was recognized as the global leader in project management training.

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Dr. Ed Hoffman, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer, talks with P.S. 199 5th grader. This aspiring young student explains to Dr. Hoffman that he will one day soon be his boss and he will have to do what he asks him to do… he says, “I will be your boss one day.” – CITYarts Inc. copyright. Project produced and created by CITYarts with the professional advice of Lewis Peach. Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of CITYarts, Inc. Photo taken by Berette Macaulay.
My Best Mistake: Ed Hoffman’s “Guiding Versus Trusting the Process”

I found out the hard way that some of the things you learn in school don’t hold up in the real world.

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Members of the cast and creator of the popular TV show Star Trek attending the rollout of the space shuttle prototype Enterprise at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale in 1976. From left, NASA administrator James Fletcher, DeForest Kelly, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Gene Rodenberry and Walter Koenig. Photo Credit: NASA
Spock’s Brain

The original Star Trek episode “Spock’s Brain” is not as well-ranked or well-starred as the fuzzball populated “Trouble with Tribbles.”

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Artist's Conception- Close Up The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) spacecraft is the predecessor to the WMAP Project. COBE was launched by NASA into an Earth Orbit in 1989 to make a full sky map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation leftover from the Big Bang. The first results were released in 1992. COBE's limited resolution (7 degree wide beam) provided the first tantilising details in a full sky image of the CMB. Photo Credit: NASA/COBE Science Team
My Best Mistake: John Mather’s “Recognizing My Limits”

I’ve made plenty of mistakes, and some were instructive.

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Lunar water could be used for drinking or its components – hydrogen and oxygen – could be used to manufacture important products on the surface that future visitors to the moon will need, like rocket fuel and breathable air. Photo Credit: NASA
Pockets of Knowledge

Twenty years ago, Doring Kindersley Publishing–the UK book company famous for the large “DK” logo on its lower spine and its floating art design–announced a new series of reference guides called DK Pockets.

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WPA work safety poster from the Library of Congress.. Image Credit: Library of Congress
My Best Mistake: Mike Lipka’s “Knowledge Now or Later”

Before I came to work for NASA, I worked as a contractor for the Air Force. My job was to develop and deploy a knowledge management system called “Knowledge Now.”

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Masters with Masters with Bart Singer and Jennifer Stevens. Image Credit: NASA
Learning Lessons at NASA: A Masters with Masters Interview with Bart Singer and Jennifer Stevens

How can lessons learned from NASA projects and programs guide our projects and programs to better ensure mission success?

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