February 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2 The second international forum at PM Challenge featured practitioners from eight space agencies as well as representatives from the global aerospace industry.
February 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2 The Academy’s “International Project Management” course featured participants from four continents and instructors from two of NASA’s international partners.
February 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2 Three trends are shaping the future of project management, requiring a more global mindset from practitioners.
February 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2 Agency and industry leaders offered their perspectives on innovation and mission success in an increasingly complex and constrained context.
February 28, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2 The “crown jewel” of the International Space Station celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
By Haley Stephenson To a rocket scientist, you are a problem. You are the most irritating piece of machinery he or she will ever have to deal with. You and your fluctuating metabolism, your puny memory, your frame that comes in a million different configurations. You are unpredictable. You’re inconsistent. You take weeks to […]
By Brent Buffington Cassini-Huygens, a joint mission between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, has roamed the Saturnian system for the better part of six and a half years.
By Jason Crusan, Marybeth Edeen, Kevin Grohs, and Darren Samplatsky What began as conversations between NASA and Hamilton Sundstrand managers grew into an idea to develop a piece of spaceflight hardware with minimal NASA oversight.
By Matthew Kohut The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is home of the world’s largest laser. With 192 laser beams that can deliver more than sixty times the energy of any previous laser system, NIF represents a significant step in enabling the study of high-energy density science. The design and construction of this unique, highly complex […]
