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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”

March 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

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

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

February 26, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

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.

The SLS’s RS-25 engine undergoes a 500-second test fire at Stennis Space Center. Photo Credit: NASA

A Built-In Heritage of Successful Human Spaceflight

February 24, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

The Space Launch System (SLS), NASA’s powerful new heavy lift launch vehicle, incorporates elements from some of the agency’s most successful past programs.

WPA work safety poster from the Library of Congress.. Image Credit: Library of Congress

My Best Mistake: Mike Lipka’s “Knowledge Now or Later”

February 23, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

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.”

The largest part of the James Webb Space Telescope observatory is the Sunshield, which is roughly the length of a tennis court. It protects the telescope’s sensitive infrared instruments, which require extremely cold temperatures to function. Photo Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn

Government Brief: GAO Reviews the James Webb Space Telescope

February 20, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

With less than four years until launch, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advises further cost risk analysis for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

An antenna at the end of the 200-foot mast extending from the Endeavour facilitated 24-hour mapping of the globe. The mast was the longest rigid structure ever deployed from the shuttle. Photo Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: The Space Shuttle Mapped the World

February 19, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

Fifteen years ago this month, Endeavour (STS-99) overcame launch delays and on-orbit challenges to capture Earth’s topography in unprecedented detail.

Federal Knowledge Management Community meet for its17th meeting, attended in person and online for a total of 70 knowledge practitioners across two dozen government agencies. This meeting highlighted the application of gamification to knowledge services and lessons learned in sharing knowledge for infrastructure security and protection. Image credit: NASA/Mark Schwartz

Much More Than Fun and Games at 17th Federal Knowledge Management Community

February 19, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

The 17th meeting of Federal Knowledge Management Community was hosted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Judeth Kaylor on Friday, January 23, in Arlington, Virginia.