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July 20, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 5 Forty years ago this month, the Apollo 15 astronauts took the first lunar rover for a ride.

The International Space Station has taught us what it really means to engage in international collaboration, according to Bill Gerstenmaier and Dr. Kuniaki Shiraki. Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, and Shiraki, Executive Director of the Human Space Systems and Utilization Mission Directorate at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shared personal reflections on […]

Terry Nienaber, mechanical systems engineer from Langley Research Center, shared his alignment story with the 2011 SELDP graduating class at NASA Headquarters. For Nienaber, NASA is about doing big things and sharing them with others. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS.

The seventh Masters with Masters brought together two longtime veterans of Mars missions to share their perspectives and stories in a special event held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Resources Visit the NASA Academy website: http://1.usa.gov/h9UmC3 Dr. Rudolf (Rudi) Schmidt, currently head of ESA’s Telecommunications Satellite Programs Department, was previously project manager for several […]

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