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With Earth and one of the station's solar arrays as a backdrop, NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson works during the third spacewalk of the mission. Photo Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Justin Smith’s “When ‘I Don’t Know’ Is the Right Answer”

October 14, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

When I started working at NASA in 2007, I was on top of the world.

Astronauts participate in tropical survival training at Albrook Air Force Base near the Panama Canal. From left to right are an unidentified trainer, Neil Armstrong, John H. Glenn, Jr., L. Gordon Cooper, and Pete Conrad. Survival training was, and still is, an important exercise for astronauts, as a launch abort or misguided reentry could potentially land them in a remote wilderness area. Photo Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Steve Garber’s “The Value of Humility”

September 18, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Luckily, it was a lesson learned during an exercise.