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International cooperation and collaboration...

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From the APPEL Director

Ed Hoffman, Director, NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership

Project Management Trends and Future Reality

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The Knowledge Notebook

On Not Going It Alone: No Organization Is an Island

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Highlights: Issue 38, Spring 2010

Cities at Night: An Orbital Perspective

By Donald Pettit — Patterns and colors of light seen from space tell us a lot about who and where we are on Earth.

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Interview with William Gerstenmaier

By Don Cohen — The associate administrator for Space Operations talks about his early NASA experience and the collaborative "miracle" of the International Space Station.

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Anatomy of a Mishap Investigation

Orbiting Carbon Observatory on the launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

By Rick Obenschain — A dedicated team applies a rigorous method to discovering the causes of a mission failure.

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Stories

Anatomy of a Mishap Investigation

By Rick Obenschain
A dedicated team applies a rigorous method to discovering the causes of a mission failure.
Are We Alone?
Answering This Question Is Not a Lone Venture

By Wendy Dolci , Ed Goolish, and Carl Pilcher
To understand the potential for life on other worlds, NASA's Astrobiology Institute builds a science community on this one.
NASA Past and Future: A Personal Memoir

By Ken Randle
The author describes the origins of the Voyager and Mariner 10 missions.
The Next Big Thing Is Small

By Haley Stephenson
Tiny satellites benefit science and education.
Cities at Night: An Orbital Perspective

By Donald Pettit
Patterns and colors of light seen from space tell us a lot about who and where we are on Earth.
Open-Door Innovation

By Andrew Petro
Centennial Challenge competitions invite and encourage innovation from anywhere.
Petrobras and the Power of Stories

By Alexandre Korowajczuk and Andrea Coelho Farias Almeida
The Brazilian energy company uses storytelling to teach a new generation of employees.