On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the first group of U.S. astronauts. These astronauts were known as the “Mercury Seven,” the “Original Seven” and “Astronaut Group 1.”
On Thursday, March 31, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, at about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) above the surface.
When the Washington Nationals won the 2019 World Series last week, they ended a 95-year drought since a Washington baseball team won the world championship in 1924.
Do you remember your great-grandfather? I don’t. Until now, the human species has lived almost entirely in the present, completely unaware of our own family members’ lives only a generation or two removed. Our time-depth, as Carl Sagan put it, is pathetically, disturbingly shallow.
This week, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that the first female Marine F-35B pilot graduated training. The Corps also announced the first female Marine selected to fly the F-35C.
In a 35-year military career, Colin Powell rose from a Second lieutenant to a four-star General in the U.S. Army, serving as National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989 and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 until his retirement in 1993. Along the way, he developed 13 Rules for Leadership.
Christa McAuliffe and the crew of STS-51-L can teach us a lot about leadership. Join Wes O’Donnell as we examine this week’s lesson.
Christa McAuliffe and the crew of STS-51-L can teach us a lot about leadership. Join Wes O’Donnell as we examine this week’s lesson.
In this short video, military veteran and host Wes O’Donnell explores the leadership lessons from Sir Winston Churchill. In this episode, brevity in communication.