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NASA is developing the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), to enable crewed missions to deep space. In this image, welders plug holes in a large liquid hydrogen tank for the SLS, using a technique that produces high-strength bonds that are essentially free of defects. Credit: NASA/Michoud/Steve Seipel
Expanding the Evidence Base to Mitigate Risk

According to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, “Space is hard.” Hardest of all may be the question of how to address ethical issues and risk involved in human spaceflight. 

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Knowledge Journal Issue 2: On the Front Cover
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Knowledge Journal Issue 2: On the Back Cover
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Masters with Masters 32 (Sam Hussey and DeVon Griffin)

The Human Research Program (HRP) is dedicated to discovering the best methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel. On January 20, 2016, Ed Hoffman sat down with Sam Hussey and DeVon Griffin, both with the NASA Glenn Research Center, to share their experiences leading teams through the design, development, integration, and operations […]

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Procurement BSA Deep Dive: Exploring New Ways of Doing Business and Sharing Knowledge at NASA

NASA recently embarked on plans for an agency-wide assessment that could lead to a more efficient operating model for current and future missions.

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Photo Credit: NASA
Welcome from the Chief Knowledge Officer

With this second issue of the NASA Knowledge Journal, I believe we have successfully secured yet another medium to promote knowledge sharing through which we can convey the passion, joy, labor, anxiety, and lessons of working together on and with knowledge services at NASA. If talented and dedicated people have an opportunity to impart with […]

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Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida, for its final flight, the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
There’s No Shame in Not Knowing: Lessons Learned while Producing NASA’s Virtual PM Challenge

Since 2013, the NASA Virtual Project Management Challenge (VPMC) has examined trends in program and program management and shared lessons learned with NASA civil servants, contractors, grantees, and the general public.

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The Knowledge Toolbox—located on km.nasa.gov—contains tools, resources, and information for individuals and teams to enhance their knowledge-sharing efforts on real-life projects and programs. Analogous to how imperatives enhance and reinforce other imperatives, the tools, both conceptual and practical, found in the toolbox work together to create a stronger knowledge-sharing strategy. Image Credit: NASA
Twelve Strategic Imperatives for NASA Knowledge Services

To ensure mission success, NASA remains a project organization and program environment at its dual core.

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“Rocket Park” at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Photo Credit: NASA
Best Case for Case Studies: An Interview with Jennifer Stevens, Chief Knowledge Integrator

Jennifer Stevens, Chief Knowledge Integrator at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), supports Center and Agency Chief Knowledge Officers and interfaces with the NASA knowledge community.

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