Type: Video

Capturing and transferring knowledge in a program is critical.

A project culture open to discussing tough questions can help with mission success.

Learn about strategies and tactics that individuals, teams, and organizations can use to maximize mission success in the project-based workplace.

We present seven habits of effective program managers as practiced at NASA. For each habit, a presenter illustrates how they successfully applied the habit in their work.

High-level goals were established to allow flexibility and innovation in the design of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS).

This is an inspirational TED Talk by former NASA Director of Mission Operations Paul Hill where he reminds us as managers and leaders to be “deliberate.” 

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center’s Shared Experience Forum Series brought Wayne Hale, Jr., former Space Shuttle Program manager for a special event for Safety and Mission Assurance personnel and the greater NASA community. He discussed the accidents that shaped NASA’s history — Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 13 and Apollo 1 — as well as the mistakes that led to those accidents and how you can avoid making the same mistakes in your career.

Asynchronicity: The Near Loss of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crew, features Gary Johnson, former associate director for the Technical Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate (retired). At the height of the Cold War, television viewers around the globe tuned in to witness the Soyuz 11 and the Soyuz crew , twenty three days after docking with the Salyut space station, undock their spacecraft and land in Russia. What was a picture perfect landing turned to be a horrifying discovery when the hatch opened to find the three cosmonauts lifeless.

A collection of videos from various Apollo era events; such as, one on one sessions with astronauts, discussions about space suits, sessions with managers during the Apollo era, etc.