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In this artist’s concept, Earth (left) is contrasted with Kepler-452b (right) and their respective G2-type stars. Image Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
Digging Deeper to Uncover Another Earth
August 3, 2015 // by

Faced with potentially mission-ending challenges, the Kepler team altered its approach and is now more efficient than ever at identifying Earth-like exoplanets.

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In one of the many experiments performed on the ISS, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson harvests a crop of red lettuce plants aboard the ISS. Findings from this experiment could one day help crews on deep-space missions produce their own food during flight. Photo Credit: NASA/Alex Gerst
Government Brief: Maximizing the Value of the ISS National Laboratory
July 28, 2015 // by

The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique platform for discovery. A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) focuses on maximizing its value and utility.

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The GALEX spacecraft before its launch in 2003. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL
My Best Mistake: James Fanson’s "Throw a Drowning Man a Life Ring"
July 27, 2015 // by

I was project manager for GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

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Close-up image of Pluto’s surface reveals mountains that the team believes are composed of a bedrock of water ice and formed no more that 100 million years ago. Photo Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI
New Horizons Makes History—and Possibly Rewrites It
July 24, 2015 // by

With its historic Pluto flyby, the New Horizons mission ushers in a new era of solar system exploration that may have implications for worlds closer to home.

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Interview with Anthony Luscher.
A Case for Case Study-Based Learning
July 22, 2015 // by

At a recent knowledge management conference, APPEL instructor Anthony Luscher discussed the value of case study-based learning for engineering design.

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Picture of Earth taken from the moon by the Apollo 11 crew. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: The Apollo 11 Eagle Landed
July 16, 2015 // by

The crew of Apollo 11, the first mission to land humans on the moon, expected a hostile lunar environment. Instead, they stepped out into a surprisingly inviting world.

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The 19th Quarterly Federal Knowledge Management Community meeting will be held at Department of Transportation. Image Credit: DOT
19th Quarterly Federal Knowledge Management Community Meeting
July 15, 2015 // by

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the Department of Transportation will host the 19th Quarterly Meeting of the Federal Knowledge Community (FKMC) in Washington, DC.

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Taken on July 13, 2015 by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), this image prominently features Pluto's "heart" feature, which is approximately 1,000 miles wide. Color was added from a separate image taken on the same day by the spacecraft's Ralph instrument. Photo Credit: NASA/APL/SwRI
New Horizons Returns Safely from Safe Mode
July 14, 2015 // by

Ten days before its groundbreaking Pluto flyby, something went wrong on the New Horizons spacecraft. But it will take more than an anomaly to derail this mission.

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Taken from 47 million miles away, these images were the first set taken by the New Horizons spacecraft itself in a search for potentially hazardous material around Pluto that could interfere with the flyby on July 14. Fortunately, the observations did not reveal any cause for a change in trajectory. Photo Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
New Horizons Counts Down to Pluto
July 7, 2015 // by

Nearing its closest approach to Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is returning novel observations about the mysterious third zone of the solar system.

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