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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden surveys the Orion crew capsule, recently returned to Kennedy Space Center following its successful maiden flight. Photo Credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Government Brief: Examining Progress and Challenges for Human Space Exploration

Following the successful first flight of Orion, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on issues impacting NASA’s human space exploration programs.

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Mike Ciannilli, NASA Test Director, and Jon Cowart, NASA Commercial Crew, during the 23rd Masters with Masters in the video interview series. Photo Credit: NASA
To Long for the Endless Immensity of the Sea

NASA CKO Ed Hoffman sat down with two master practitioners, with over a half century of experience between them, in this edition of Masters with Masters.

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Artist’s impression of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), which makes precise global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) to help scientists better understand its sources and “sinks.” Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
APPEL Case Study—OCO-2: A Second Chance to Fly

In 2009, the orbiting carbon conservatory (OCO) plunged into the ocean minutes after launch. A year later, the team was given the rare opportunity to rebuild and fly again.

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Ed Hoffman
Sharing at Knowledge 2020 Conference, Practitioners Learn from the Past and the Present to Focus on the Future

Knowledge 2020 gathered together some of the best practitioners of knowledge sharing from within NASA, other organizations, and private industry leaders.

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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Ed Rogers, GSFC Chief Knowledge Officer. Photo Credit: NASA
Knowledge Community Corner: Ed Rogers Interview

Ed Rogers, Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) discusses knowledge management and services, emphasizing how knowledge functions will have to change in the near future.

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NASA named 2014 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government
NASA: The Best Place for Work and Career Development

When NASA was named the best place to work in the federal government, its training and development capability was ranked #1, too.

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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket, with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Florida. The Orion spacecraft will orbit Earth twice, reaching an altitude of approximately 3,600 miles above Earth before landing in the Pacific Ocean. No one is aboard Orion for this flight test, but the spacecraft is designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. Photo Credit: NASA
The First Steps to Innovation

This month, Esquire—the octogenarian magazine that has spent much of its years reporting on the bar, bedroom, and bathroom—describes a near disaster on the International Space Station (ISS).

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The ghostly glow of stars from galaxies torn apart billions of years ago, as observed recently by the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo Credit: NASA/ESA/IAC/HFF Team, STScI
This Month in NASA History: A Team of Astronauts Restored Vision in Space

On December 2, 1993, the Endeavour shuttle crew set out on the most complex space shuttle mission ever: to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NSC Process Improvement and Implementation Manager Mark George teaches a class on Root Cause Analysis for mishap investigators. Photo Credit: US Navy
Closing the Gap of Knowledge Walking Out the Door

Between 2011 and 2014, the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) community has seen an 11 percent net reduction in its workforce — more than twice the five percent agency-wide average.  

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