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The CK Gateway is a portal connecting the NASA community to a vast array of NASA video-based lessons learned resources and serving as an index to broadly applicable lessons learned that enable mission success.

Introducing the Gateway to Critical Knowledge

February 5, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

NASA Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman announces the implementation of the Critical Knowledge (CK) Gateway.

This artist rendering shows an aerial view of the liftoff of the 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity configuration SLS from the launchpad. The first flight test of NASA's new rocket is scheduled for 2017. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC

Building A Strong Future in Space and on Earth

February 4, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

In his State of NASA speech on February 2, 2015, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden shared his excitement about the robust future of the agency.

Artist's conception of Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). Image Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Daniel Andrews’s “Too Good To Be True”

February 4, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

As project manager of the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission to the moon, I (re)learned the hard way that nothing comes for free.

Rocket University 2014 Highlights

January 28, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

See what Rocket University (RU) is all about! Read Kennedy Space Center’s RU newsletter for highlights of their 2014 hands-on development activities.

Technicians inspect the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the case studies noted in Seven Axioms of Good Engineering: Development of a Case Study-Based Course for NASA. Photo Credit: NASA

Exploring the Role of Case Study-Based Learning at NASA

January 28, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

The Academy announces a new case study resource: Seven Axioms of Good Engineering: Development of a Case Study-Based Course for NASA.

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong is pictured here on an early simulator, dated October 8, 1956. Photo Credit: NASA

Game On For Knowledge

January 28, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

In the movie Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise’s character is stuck in a time loop, which—after his violent death by earth-ravaging aliens—returns him to yesterday only to fight another day until he dies again.

Mikhail Kornienko (left) and Scott Kelly (right) with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. Padalka will join Kelly and Kornienko for the first six months of their mission. Photo credit: NASA/James Blair

A Novel Mission Propels NASA Farther Along the Journey To Mars

January 26, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

NASA’s commitment to manned deep space exploration continues with an extended mission to learn more about the long-term effects of microgravity on the human body.

Images of Titan taken by Huygens at different altitudes as the probe descended toward the moon’s surface. Photo Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

This Month in NASA History: Clear Communication Revealed a Hidden World

January 23, 2015 // by APPEL News Staff

Ten years ago this month, the Huygens probe landed on Titan. But the multi-national mission was almost derailed by a language barrier—between machines.

First meeting of the Federal Knowledge Management Community in 2015. Image Credit: NASA/Mark Schwartz

First Meeting of Federal Knowledge Management Community in 2015

January 21, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

On Friday, January 23, the Federal Knowledge Management Community will be hosted by the Department of Homeland Security.

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