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In this illustration, NASA's Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. Those samples, stored in hermetically sealed tubes, are the first step of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA and ESA Partner to Return Core Samples from Mars

Intricate, robotic space mission could hold key to decades of scientific discovery.

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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 52, Mars Perseverance Rover Science
Podcast Episode 52: Mars Perseverance Rover Science

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Deputy Project Scientist Katie Stack Morgan discusses science objectives of NASA’s first astrobiology-focused mission to the Red Planet.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Logistics
Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Logistics

Involving logistics engineers in development and operations can help save a project time and budget.

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Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley test robotics software on an engineering prototype of NASA’s VIPER rover. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart
Progress Continues on Rover to Explore for Water Ice on Moon

VIPER will map a portion of the lunar surface and drill into suspected pockets of water ice. 

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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 51, Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign
Podcast Episode: Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

NASA Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Deputy Lead Shivanjli Sharma discusses the “third revolution” in aviation.

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The Space Shuttle Columbia launches before dawn on January 12, 1986 with a tight-knit crew that deployed a key communications satellite. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Columbia Launches on STS-61-C

Tight-knit crew deploys a key communications satellite and performs science missions.

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Podcast Episode 50: Futuristic Space Technologies
Podcast Episode 50: Futuristic Space Technologies

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program Executive Jason Derleth discusses visionary concepts that could transform future space missions.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Lessons from Working Internationally
Critical Knowledge inSight: Lessons from Working Internationally

Programs with international partnerships benefit from having a process framework in place to help with timing of key programmatic decisions, engineering standards, interfaces, software and many other details that contribute to program success.

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APPEL’s new Space Shuttle Resources page contains links to hundreds to key documents, videos, photos, and more about the Space Shuttle Program and the lessons learned for today’s technical workforce. Here, Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-120 to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
APPEL KS Creates New Resource for Shuttle Era Research, Learning

Web page links to hundreds of documents that detail the triumphs and tragedies of the Shuttle Program. 

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