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This color picture is made from images taken by the imaging system on the Galileo spacecraft about 14 minutes before its closest approach to asteroid 243 Ida on August 28, 1993. The range from the spacecraft was about 10,500 kilometers (6,500 miles). The images used are from the sequence in which Ida's moon was originally discovered; the moon is visible to the right of the asteroid. This picture is made from images through the 4100-angstrom (violet), 7560 A (infrared) and 9680 A (infrared) filters. The color is 'enhanced' in the sense that the CCD camera is sensitive to near infrared wavelengths of light beyond human vision; a 'natural' color picture of this asteroid would appear mostly gray.
This Month in NASA History: Galileo Spots First Moon of an Asteroid
August 28, 2013 // by

Twenty years ago this month, Galileo glimpsed asteroid 243 Ida and discovered it wasn’t alone. 

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John Houbolt, an engineer at Langley Research Center, is credited with fully developing the lunar-orbit rendezvous (LOR) approach. It involved firing three spacecraft (command module, service module, and lunar module) aboard one Saturn V rocket into Earth orbit. Once there, the last stage of the Saturn boosted the spacecraft on a lunar trajectory and eventually into orbit. Only the lunar module would go down to the surface. It would then return and redock with the orbiting command module in the top-half of the lunar module (leaving the lower-half on the moon). The astronauts would return to Earth in the command module while the remainder of the lunar module was ejected into space.
Academy Brief: Introducing ASK News
August 26, 2013 // by

The Academy’s monthly newsletter ASK the Academy has transitioned to an updated “news as it happens” format.

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The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket, riding atop a crawler-transporter, headed down the 4.2-mile track to Launch Pad 39B. The move to the launch pad, known as "rollout," began at 1:39 a.m. EDT and ended with “hard down” at the launch pad at 9:17 a.m. EDT.
HEOMD Releases Ares I-X Lessons Learned Module
August 22, 2013 // by

NASA’s Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) publicly released a new online module on the lessons learned from Ares I-X.

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Systems Engineering: An Oil Industry Perspective (Alan Christie)
August 21, 2013 // by

The 2013 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduated eight new systems engineers. The graduation featured keynote speaker Alan Christie, Vice President of Subsea Production Services, Proserv, United Kingdom, who shared stories from his decades of experience in the oil business. He emphasized that the team makes all the difference on a project. “It’s about […]

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Charles Hunt, senior cost analyst at NASA Headquarters in the Office of Evaluation, Cost Analysis Division, discusses joint confidence levels with the Virtual PM Challenge session moderator.
Joint Confidence Levels Explained
August 20, 2013 // by

What are joint confidence levels, and what do they tell us about the state of a project?

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On the Cover Issue 46
On the Cover — Issue 46, Spring 2012
August 14, 2013 // by

Astronomers used the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) telescope to take this deep image in ultraviolet light of the sprawling spiral galaxy M81, hoping to learn where it kept its hot stars. Hot stars emit more ultraviolet than cool stars, and are frequently associated with young, open clusters of stars and energetic star-forming regions. Less than […]

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MUSCLE team photo
University Capstone Projects: Small Investments Big Rewards
August 12, 2013 // by

By Laurie Stauber   Looking for solutions to vexing technical problems can sometimes yield serendipitous results. Here at Glenn Research Center, the search for new medical expertise that will be needed for long-duration spaceflight has led to an unexpected, mutually beneficial relationship with several universities.

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Robonaut and a spacesuit-gloved hand are extended toward each other to show collaboration.
One Person’s Mentoring Experience
August 12, 2013 // by

By Natalie Henrich   Calling all mentees and mentors for ACES class of 2012-2013. That was the headline that grabbed my attention and ultimately led to my participation in a formal mentoring program. ACES is an acronym for Advancing Careers and Employee Success.

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Back to the Future: KSC Swamp Works
August 12, 2013 // by

By Kerry Ellis   After the retirement of the Space Shuttle and completion of the International Space Station, NASA has been looking toward what’s next in human space exploration.

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