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A representation of the evolution of the universe over 13.77 billion years. Image Credit: NASA / WMAP Science Team
This Month in NASA History: WMAP Began to Transform Cosmology

On June 30, 2001, a single-instrument probe launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a Delta II rocket and cracked open a precise and accurate window into the history of the universe.

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Matthew Smith, reliability analyst, is a member of the pilot Rocket U program at Glenn Research Center. Photo courtesy of Matthew Smith.
Interview with Glenn Research Center’s Matthew Smith

A love of systems thinking brought Matthew Smith to Glenn Research Center. Now GRC’s Rocket University program is letting him apply that thinking to a full project lifecycle.

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Sarah DeWitt holding a vial of diamonds that are older than the solar system. Photo Credit: Kate Webbink, The Field Museum
Sharing NASA’s Science and Engineering Stories

NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist is on track to launch a science communications initiative designed to help the agency’s practitioners tell their stories.

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In the mock-up flight deck of a shuttle trainer, STS-41D rookie astronauts (from left) Judy Resnik, Mike Mullane and Steve Hawley (in back) work with veteran Commander Henry Hartsfield (in foreground). Image credit: NASA
Brave Enough To Do It

In 2006, astronaut Michael Mullane courageously landed on a strange planet called Comedy Central, in the late-night time zone known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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Lealem Mulugeta performing an EVA at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Photo courtesy of Lealem Mulugeta.
Announcing the NASA Young Professionals Page

The APPEL website introduces the first comprehensive source for connecting NASA young professionals with their peers across the agency.

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Kristen Bury sitting on the SPARTAN (Station Power, Articulation, and Thermal Control) console in Mission Control at Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: NASA
Interview with Glenn Research Center’s Kristen Bury

Glenn Research Center’s Rocket University program is giving Kristen Bury her first shot at working with real flight hardware.

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This photograph depicts an intense moment during the SA-6 launch at the Firing Room. Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is at center; to his left is Dr. George Mueller, Associate Director for Marned Space Flight; and far right is Dr. Eberhard Rees, Director for Research and Development, MSFC. The SA-6, the sixth flight of the Saturn 1 vehicle, launched a S-IV stage (a second stage) and an Apollo boilerplate spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: 50th Anniversary of the A-101 Launch

Fifty years ago this month, NASA launched the first Apollo Command Module into orbit.

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Masters with Masters 20 (Jim Erickson and Jan Chodas)

On February 17, 2014, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a conversation between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Jim Erickson, Mars Science Laboratory Manager, and Jan Chodas, Director of the Office of Safety and Mission Success. Erickson and Chodas spoke with Hoffman on a variety of topics including lessons learned from various flight projects, professional […]

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NASA’s Chief Knowledge Officer’s convene at Johnson Space Center
April 2014 NASA Knowledge Community Forum

NASA’s knowledge community gathers to solve key knowledge challenges.

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