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Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, and Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board, shared personal reflections and perspectives on international collaboration in the sixth Masters with Masters event, held at the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, December 8, 2010. Bolden spoke about the importance of transparency, reciprocity, and mutual benefit […]

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain shared reflections and stories in the Masters with Masters #5 program. They traded ideas about international collaboration and fielded questions from the audience in a lively discussion moderated by Academy Director Dr. Ed Hoffman at the 61st International Astronautical Congress in Prague on […]

For the Academy’s fourth Masters with Masters event, Bobby Braun, NASA’s Chief Technology Officer, and Steve Altemus, Director of Engineering at Johnson Space Center, sat down with Academy Director Ed Hoffman to share stories and experiences in a 90-minute session that streamed live to all NASA centers on September 13, 2010. Braun talked about what […]

Third in the Masters with Masters series, this event features Mike Hawes, Associate Administrator, NASA Office of Independent Program Cost and Evaluation, and Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Special Operations Missions, discussing insights about their careers, the International Space Station, and the future of international collaboration, with Ed Hoffman, Director, Academy of Program/Project & […]

Johnson Space Center Payload Integration Engineer Dee Johnson, shared the story of her path to NASA with the 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development graduating class. Her story takes place during a time of great loss and change for her family and the nation. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Principle Investigator Jane Oh shared her story of how growing up in South Korea after the Korean War shaped her career. She spoke at the 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduation. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS.

Dr. Antonio Elias, Orbital Executive Vice President and General Manager for Advanced Programs, spoke to the 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduating class about the systems engineering story behind the development of Orbital’s Pegasus rocket. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS

The 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program graduation was held at NASA Headquarters on June 15, 2011. (Video Source: NASA TV, This Week @ NASA) Learn more about the graduation.

June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4   In advance of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Deauville, France, the science academies of the G-8 and five other nations released a statement recommending that their governments take action to improve science education.