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Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster.
Academy Brief: Embraer Benchmarking with NASA

Vol. 5, Issue 12 How does knowledge work happen in an organization?

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BLAST project team with their payload at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
View from Above: BLAST! the movie

Vol. 5, Issue 12 How often do you need to wear sunglasses to do physics?

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Toward a History of the Space Shuttle
Academy Bookshelf: A History of the Space Shuttle, Part Deux

Vol. 5, Issue 12 A new NASA History Office publication offers an annotated history of the Space Shuttle Programs final 20 years.

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Advanced Turboprop Project
This Month in NASA History: Advanced Turboprop Project

Vol. 5, Issue 12 Twenty-five years ago, an old technology project earned Lewis Research Center the Collier Trophy.

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CKO Corner: SSC’s John Stealey
Knowledge Community Corner: SSC’s John Stealey

Ask the Academy Vol. 5, Issue 12 John Stealey shares his insights about knowledge management at Stennis Space Center.

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Organizational Silence Panel Discussion

Bryan O’Connor, former NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance, Mike Ryschkewitsch, NASA Chief Engineer, Amy Edmonson, professor at the Harvard Business School, and Robin Dillon, professor at Georgetown, participate in a panel discussion about their experiences and research related to organizational silence. 0:50 Ed Rogers Introduces the Panel 9:48 Panel Discussion Begins Read More […]

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Opening Remarks (Ed Hoffman, Chris Scolese)

Ed Hoffman, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer and Director of the Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership, and Chris Scolese, Goddard Space Flight Center, introduce Goddard Organizational Silence event. There are different forms of silence. Goddard Space Flight Center Director Chris Scolese recalled that when he first became a manager, “They took my ‘engineer’ card away.” […]

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Management Lessons of the Moon Program (Andrew Chaikin)

Andrew Chaikin, space author and historian, discussed the role of project management during Apollo during the Organizational Silence event at Goddard Space Flight Center on July 31, 2012. 0:33 Ed Rogers Introduction 2:32 Andrew Chaikin Read More: http://go.nasa.gov/1mJFLnA Learn More about Goddard OCKO: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/organizations/OCKO/index.html

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The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions, one after the other over a four-hour period on Nov. 16, 2012. The action was captured in the 304 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. It seems possible that the disruption to the Sun’s magnetic field might have triggered the second event since they were in relatively close proximity to each other. The expanding particle clouds heading into space do not appear to be Earth-directed.
Message from the Director: The Half-Life of Knowledge

Vol. 5, Issue 11 Unlike physical elements, it is hard to guess the half-life of knowledge in advance.

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