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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.

Panel discussions at Johnson Space Center including topics on Apollo Engineering Design, Development, and Certification Challenges, Lunar Module Landing Operations, Lunar Science Operations, Lunar Module Development and Operational Issues, Command Module Landing and Recovery Operations.

Co-location can help increase effectiveness for a project team during a complex mission.

What do you do when you’re 353 miles above Earth, on a mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope, and your torque limiter won’t loosen a crucial bolt? NASA astronaut, Scott “Scooter” Altman, who was commander of STS-109 and STS-125, the final two servicing missions for the Hubble Space Telescope, talks about adjusting to the unexpected in low Earth orbit.

From a project’s smallest steps to humanity’s greatest leaps, NASA’s technical workforce embodies the spirit of Neil Armstrong’s immortal words from the surface of the Moon, boldly pushing the envelope of human achievement and scientific understanding. In our podcast, Small Steps, Giant Leaps, APPEL Knowledge Services talks with systems engineers, scientists, project managers and thought leaders about challenges, opportunities, and successes.

Andrew Chaikin spoke at the Johnson Space Center Teague Auditorium September 16, 2015 to highlight the challenges of space exploration. We all want to see humans on Mars. How can we make it happen? Mr. Chaikin talks about the challenges of exploration—not just the technological hurdles, but the obstacles of politics and human behavior that we must get over in order to be successful. He also discusses valuable lessons from the Apollo program and from the recent New Horizons flyby of Pluto, and the rewards of those explorations: new discoveries and the increased awareness they bring.