By Glenn A. Robinson, Jr. I graduated in 1963 with a degree in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University and immediately went to work at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
By J.D. Burke When the world changed with Sputnik on October 4, 1957, we at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were jubilant.
Frank Cepollina is known as the “Father of On-Orbit Servicing” for his decades of leadership in repairing and upgrading satellites in orbit. The most famous of these is the Hubble Space Telescope. He is responsible for the on-orbit servicing and the development of new science instruments and replacement hardware that allow Hubble to stay on […]
On October 4, 2004, Brian Binnie piloted SpaceShipOne above 100 km, marking the third time ever—and the second time in as many weeks—that a civilian astronaut had taken a privately built craft to outer space. In doing so, Binnie and SpaceShipOne captured the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for Mojave Aerospace Ventures. Prizes like the […]
Steve Goo describes the Boeing Program Management Best Practices, an integrated management system the company has refined over the past ten years to enable programs of all sizes achieve high levels of performance and customer satisfaction. He discusses the importance of staying focused on the fundamentals, sharing lessons learned, and balancing new technologies with proven […]
NASA in the News NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service have partnered to obtain imagery of wildfires in response to requests from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, and the National Interagency Fire Center.
By Laurence Prusak Knowledge management as a discipline and practice has now been with us for about twenty years and shows no sign of disappearing into that distant land where old fads and fashions go.
Here are descriptions of two books that we believe will interest ASK readers.
By Ed Hoffman I recently participated in a panel discussion about next-generation challenges and strategies for aerospace. Such sessions have become common as we worry about the ability of the future workforce to assume responsibility for the science, engineering, technology development, and management of our future aerospace missions.
