Dog Days at NASA

Evan J. Horowitz, a structural engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., gets to bring his golden retriever puppy, Aries, to work every day. That's because Horowitz is training the dog under the Leader Dogs for the Blind program. Of course, this being the federal government, Horowitz had to jump through a few hoops to get approval for the on-the-job training. Here's his description of the process:

"It took a little bit of diligence to get through to all the right people, especially trying to figure out who all the right people were. I contacted the office of safety, security, questioned legal and of course the management and my co-workers to make sure they were okay with a puppy in the office."

Oh, and if you're wondering where Aries got her name, Horowitz used to work on NASA's Airborne Research Integrated Experiments System.