NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading project management organization, will recognize NASA for 40 years of shared project management success on 11 October during PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America in Orlando, Fla. As PMI celebrates its 40th anniversary, they also commemorate the 40th anniversary of a significant NASA milestone – the Apollo 11 lunar landing.



Throughout history, NASA has invested in and applied key principles of project management to support the achievement of its momentous milestones. As a member of the PMI® Global Corporate Council (GCC), they have taken a critical role in shaping the current project management landscape. The NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership is one of the leading program and project management development programs in the U.S. government – and even around the world. Additionally, in 1998, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Pathfinder Mission project was named PMI Project of the Year for its innovative approaches.



Over the past 40 years, PMI has become a global thought leader in the project management community, and since its founding in 1969, it has grown to more than 500,000 members and credential holders in more than 185 countries.