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Tapping NASA’s Greatest Resource: Its People

NASA recently launched an online mentoring resource that takes much of the uncertainty out of making professional development connections.

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Team Aero-M with their competition hexacopter (pink), two additional hexacopters, and two quadcopters after the UAS Competition. From left to right: Adam Kimberlin, Chris Becker, Tiffany Russell, Jim Snoddy (mentor), Robert Parker, Garrick Merrill, and Peter Ma. Photo Credit: NASA
Expanding the Utility of UAVs at Marshall Space Flight Center

A year ago, six early-career engineers from Marshall Space Flight Center experienced success with their unmanned aerial vehicles. They haven’t stopped flying since. 

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Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, seen from Pioneer 11. Photo Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center
This Month in NASA History: A Lone Pioneer Paved the Way Past Saturn

On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 made history as the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. Its journey paved the way for Voyager—but dashed hopes of finding life on Titan.

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An interior view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module and the "mailbox." The "mailbox" was a jerry-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13 astronauts built to use the Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module. Lithium hydroxide is used to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft atmosphere. Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the Lunar Module, this arrangement was rigged up using the canisters from the Command Module. The "mailbox" was designed and tested on the ground at the Manned Spacecraft Center before it was suggested to the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen. Because of the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the three astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat." Photp Credit: NASA
Thinking Like a Five-Year-Old

There are actually several Tom and Jerry cartoons in which Jerry (the mouse) rescues a goldfish from Tom (the cat).  Inevitably, in one of these episodes, a fish bowl filled with water descends upon Tom’s head only to encase it.  

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Ed Hoffman, Mark Langley, and David Oberhettinger. Photo Credit: Department of Transportation (DOT)
PMI President Langley Visits the Federal Knowledge Management Community Meeting

On September 5, 2014, the Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted the 16th Meeting of the Federal Knowledge Community (FKMC) for a special meeting featuring the Project Management Institute’s President and CEO, Mark Langley.

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Left: Interior of Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz. Right: SpaceX Dragon V2 spacecraft, designed to carry humans into orbit. Image Credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis.
NASA Selects Two Commercial Partners for Crew Transport in Low Earth Orbit

The announcement that NASA will partner with more than one company took some by surprise. But the decision sets up the agency for success beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). 

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Members of Glenn Research Center’s pilot Rocket U program prepare the balloon for their flight project. From left to right: Kristen Bury, Amanda Stevenson, Justin Niehaus, Deb Goodenow, and Dave Wolford. Behind the balloon: Fransua Thomas. Photo credit: Anthony Roberts/NASA
At Rocket U, Accelerated Learning and Unparalleled Resources Support Future Mission Success

Glenn Research Center’s Rocket University pilot program melds course work with hands-on experience to give early-career engineers a strong foundation for the future.

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Cassini inserts itself into Saturn’s orbit for a five-month rendezvous. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, David Seal
Known Things with Feathers for Flight

As school children, one of our earliest lessons in astronomy is this: all of the planets in our solar system—with the notable exception of the Earth—bear the names of Roman gods. 

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Marshall Space Flight Center tests a 3D printer that will be launched to the ISS in autumn of 2014. Photo Credit: NASA
3D Printing in Space: Great Promise But Long Path Forward

A recent report issued by the National Research Council examined the potential applications and challenges for additive manufacturing in space.

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