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Podcast Episode 29: Centennial Challenges

Monsi Roman, NASA Centennial Challenges Program Manager, discusses the agency’s flagship prizes and competition program.

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Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee, left, speaks with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew during a Black History Month program titled “Trailblazers, The Story of a Tuskegee Airman.” Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA honors Tuskegee Airman for courage, leadership

Brigadier General Charles E. McGee discusses his career as an aviation trailblazer.

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Virtual Project Management Challenge: Lessons Learned from NASA’s Glenn Research Center

In this VPMC session, we visited GRC to focus on three topics: the 9×15 Low Speed Wind Tunnel, the NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) and the Orion European Service Module Integration Office.

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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II on the first untethered spacewalk as part of STS-41-B. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Astronauts Make First Untethered Spacewalk

STS-41-B produces iconic image of Bruce McCandless floating above the Earth.

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Podcast Episode 28: Interdisciplinary Interactions
Podcast Episode 28: Interdisciplinary Interactions

Anna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses the impact of interdisciplinary interactions on mission success.

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The shadow of NASA's P-3 aircraft is seen over an iceberg on a May 8, 2017 flight. The plane, which carries sophisticated technology, will fly through snowstorms on the U.S. East Coast in a three-year project to better understand how snow bands form. Credit: NASA/Joe MacGregor
Variability of Snowfall Rates a Persistent Question in Winter Storms

New NASA research project employs an impressive array of technologies to discern how and why snow bands form. 

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Illustration of NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander on the surface of Titan. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL
Dragonfly to Explore the Icy, Exotic World of Titan

Saturn’s largest moon holds vast oceans, organic chemistry.

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Podcast Episode 27: Megatrends for Engineering Systems

Anna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses engineering trends and the impact of rapid technology changes.

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Karim Courey
Critical Knowledge inSight: In-House Manufacturing Process

Having in-house expertise can be a great advantage to help with problem solving in the manufacturing process when materials are no longer commercially available.

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