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Changing the Project Execution Culture at NASA Dryden
Changing the Project Execution Culture at NASA Dryden

By Thomas J. Horn   A series of audits and workforce surveys at Dryden Flight Research Center in 2009 and early 2010 identified declining on-time performance and workforce morale as major issues at the center.

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Project co-principal investigator Jonathan Glen (lower left) with NASA and Geometrics engineers, troubleshooting SIERRA’s malfunctioned wireless system. With the wireless system down, the payload team developed a workaround that requires the aircraft to be physically tethered to the ground station to download the data after each flight.
Problem Solving on the Fly

By Melissa Pandika   Tucked in the northeastern corner of California, Surprise Valley is set amid a high desert landscape dotted with hot springs and dry lakebeds.

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The International Space Station Payload Operations Center at Marshall Space Flight Center.
Understanding International Project Management

By Angela Marsh At the Marshall Space Flight Center Mission Operations Laboratory, we provide facilities, systems, and ground-systems services to other NASA centers, universities, and research centers and to international space agencies.

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The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite at the Ball Aerospace facility. The Joint Polar Satellite System will be a near clone of NPP.
Project Knowledge in the Moment

By Barbara Fillip NASA’s current Spaceflight Program and Project Management Requirements document, NPR 7120.5E, requires projects to develop lessons-learned plans.

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NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows. The image was a self-portrait using natural light.
Message from the Director: An Ear to the Ground, A Foot in the Game

Vol. 5, Issue 10 Knowledge can be found at your fingertips—if you’re willing to look for it.

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Dr. L. Dale Thomas, Associate Director, Technical, and Chief Knowledge Officer at Marshall Space Flight Center.
CKO Corner: MSFC’s Dale Thomas

Vol. 5, Issue 10 Marshall Space Flight Center’s Dale Thomas shares his perspective about the state of knowledge at his center.

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Orbital Debris Management & Risk Mitigation
Academy Brief: Orbital Debris iBook Released

Vol. 5, Issue 10 The future of learning at NASA is no longer confined to a classroom, according to APPEL Director and NASA Chief Knowledge Officer Dr. Ed Hoffman.

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Masters with Masters Event
Masters with Masters: Dino Brondolo and Alan Thirkettle

Vol. 5, Issue 10 The spotlight was on Europe in a Masters with Masters event at the 2012 International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy.

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IPMC Young Professionals Workshop
International Brief: IPMC Young Professionals Workshop

Vol. 5, Issue 10 Over forty young professionals from around the world gathered to address the question: What does the next-generation workforce need to be successful?

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