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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians have begun the process to stow the power-generating solar arrays for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft. (September 30, 2013)
GAO Assessment of NASA’s Large-Scale Projects

NASA has made progress toward better management of cost and schedule across its portfolio, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

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One of the most perfect spheres ever created by humans. A fused quartz gyroscope for the Gravity Probe B experiment which differs from a perfect sphere by no more than a mere 40 atoms of thickness as it refracts the image of Einstein in the background.
This Month in NASA History: 10th Anniversary of the Gravity Probe B Launch

Forty years in the making and no stranger to the threat of cancellation, NASA’s mission to test predictions made by Albert Einstein serves as a testament to a team that was focused, yet flexible.

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Cover image of NASA's Software Catalog
NASA’s Software Catalog Is Now Available Online

NASA’s Chief Technology Office released over 1,000 pieces of code to the public in its new online software catalog.

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This concept image shows an astronaut preparing to take samples from the captured asteroid after it has been relocated to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system. Hundreds of rings are affixed to the asteroid capture bag, helping the astronaut carefully navigate the surface.
Asteroid Initiative Opportunities Forum

NASA is soliciting ideas that will contribute to NASA’s asteroid redirect mission, including concept ideas for an alternate asteroid capture system, rendezvous sensor systems, secondary payloads, feasibility studies on adapting commercial spacecraft buses, and commercial and international partnership opportunities for the mission.

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14th Quarterly Federal Knowledge Management Working Group meeting – Pentagon Joint Staff
14th Quarterly Federal KM Working Group Meeting

On March 28, 2014, the Joint Staff Knowledge Management cross-functional team hosted the “14th Quarterly Federal Knowledge Management Community Meeting” at the Pentagon.

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NASA Knowledge Community Meeting
NASA Community Tackles Key Challenges

Chief Knowledge Officers (CKO) and knowledge points of contact from across NASA will meet at Johnson Space Center on April 7 through April 9, 2014 to address the agency’s key priorities related to knowledge services.

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JPL Knowledge Management Newsletter - March Issue
JPL Knowledge Management Newsletter – March 2014

JPL’s Chief Knowledge Officer recently announced their first issue of the JPL Knowledge Management Newsletter.

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Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, these seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-119 crew portrait. From the right (front row) are NASA astronauts Lee Archambault, commander, and Tony Antonelli, pilot. From the left (back row) are NASA astronauts Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists. Wakata is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on STS-119.
Message from the CKO: A Tale of Two Shuttles

Five years ago, NASA launched the space shuttle Discovery on STS-119 on March 15, 2009.

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