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April 2015, Dan Ranta (far left), former Director of Knowledge Sharing, ConocoPhillips, and Jean-Claude Monney (center), Global Knowledge Management Lead, Microsoft Services, mingle with participants at the Welcome Reception of Knowledge 2020 2.0. Photo Credit: NASA CKO
K2020 2.0: Sharing the Challenges of Building Cultures of Knowledge

The NASA knowledge community built on the foundation of the first K2020.

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One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Photo Credit: NASA
The Whole Is Greater

What insight does the expression “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” have for Knowledge Services, especially at NASA?

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In a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay, an aft center segment of a Solid Rocket Booster is lowered toward a segment already in place. Photo Credit: NASA
My Best Mistake: Weiping Yu’s "To Thine Own Self Be True"

I made my mistake over and over again for many years.

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At the 2014 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Charlie Bolden and Walter Natynczyk shared learnings with young professionals in the global space community.
Masters with Masters: Strong Relationships Underscore a Strong Future for Space

At the 2014 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Charlie Bolden and Walter Natynczyk shared learnings with young professionals in the global space community.

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NASA astronaut Ed White conducted the first American spacewalk during the Gemini IV mission in 1965. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Gemini IV Took Critical Steps in Space

Fifty years ago this month, the Gemini IV mission set out to answer a critical question: can human physiology withstand the rigors of long-duration spaceflight?

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LDSD project manager Mark Adler (left) and LDSD principal investigator Ian Clark (right) examine the LDSD test vehicle. Photo Credit: NASA
LDSD Test Advances Understanding for Future Mars Landings

On the journey to Mars, small steps can be as valuable as giant leaps forward. The recent Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test is a prime example.

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This image portrays the Pluto system as understood today: four smaller moons orbit the binary planet of Pluto and Charon. Image Credit: NASA/STScl/Showalter
Hubble Helps New Horizons Fly Safely By Pluto

Findings from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a chaotic environment around Pluto that could endanger the upcoming New Horizons flyby.

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Space Shuttle Discovery in the Vehicle Assembly Building. On either side of Discovery’s tail and Orbiter Maneuvering System Pods are the Tail Masts that support the fluid, gas and electrical requirements of the orbiter’s liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen aft T-0 umbilicals. Photo Credit: NASA/KSC
My Best Mistake: Eugene Hajdaj’s “What Could Go Wrong?”

At Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Equipment Test Facility, I learned the hard way that supposedly bulletproof designs are not necessarily as trouble-free as they may appear.

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The vivid green dot in the upper left portion of this image, captured by NEOWISE in 2013, is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid known as 1998 KN3. The asteroid is nearly three-quarters of a mile in diameter. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Asteroid Hunter Protects Earth, Advances ARM

In 2013, NASA repurposed a non-operational spacecraft as an asteroid hunter. That mission now helps protect Earth—while contributing to the journey toward Mars.

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