Ten years ago this month, NASA concluded the Digital Electronic Engine Control research program, which made significant contributions to aircraft engine performance.
As LDCM settles into orbit, a recent NASA publication celebrates images from Earth-observing satellites.
Findings from the inaugural young professionals workshop offer valuable insight for organizations on addressing the needs of the next-generation workforce.
Ask the Academy Vol. 6, Issue 2 Jean Engle and Brent Fontenot discuss knowledge management at Johnson Space Center.
By Ed Hoffman Eleven years ago, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report about NASA’s effectiveness—or lack of effectiveness—as a knowledge organization.
NASA in the News NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, caught the glow of two black holes lurking inside spiral galaxy IC342, which lies 7 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis (the Giraffe).
As the planned successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, even the smallest of parts on the James Webb Space Telescope will play a critical role in its performance. “Actuators” are one component that will help Webb focus on some of the earliest objects in the universe. Pictured is the Webb engineering design unit’s primary mirror […]
By Patricia Pahlavani The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) recently implemented the new NESC Academy (nescacademy.nasa.gov),
By Lars Schnieder and Susanne Arndt Interdisciplinary and inter-organizational project collaboration is a challenge. One of the most essential tasks in big and heterogeneous projects is requirements engineering, which, done properly, helps master complexity and reduce misunderstanding.
