Back to Top

Subscribe to INSIGHT

Expanding perspectives every month.

Subscribe
Podcast Episode 146: Space Medicine – Body and Mind

Research breakthroughs that keep astronauts healthy in space are also transforming medicine here at home. Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer, tells us what’s on the horizon in space medicine. 

Listen
January 2025 INSIGHT Now Available

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcast episodes, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

Read More
Podcast episode title graphic. The main image is the curvature of Earth as seen from the International Space Station. The writing above says #145: Pam Melroy: Behind the Strategy.
Podcast Episode 145: Pam Melroy: Behind the Strategy

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, who leaves NASA after many years of service, looks back on her career and shares her approach to designing the blueprints for key NASA exploration strategies during her tenure.

Read More
Featured Video: NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2025

NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance pays tribute to all members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery, including test pilots, the Apollo 1 crew, and the crews of space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

Watch Video
With the lights out, the ISRU Pilot Excavator digs in regolith bin during testing inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2022. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
December 2024 INSIGHT Now Available

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcast episodes, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

Read More
With the lights out, the ISRU Pilot Excavator digs in regolith bin during testing inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2022. Tests use a gravity assist offload system to simulate reduced gravity conditions found on the Moon. On the surface of the Moon, mining robots like the Pilot Excavator will excavate the regolith and take the material to a processing plant where usable elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and water can be extracted for life support systems. The Pilot Excavator can scoop up icy regolith which can be used to make operations on the Moon sustainable. Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Podcast Episode 144: Mining the Moon with NASA’s IPEx Robot

What does it take to mine the Moon? Engineers behind NASA’s ISRU Pilot Excavator, known as IPEx, are digging into the answers.  

Listen
Featured Video: NASA: Best of 2024

In 2024, NASA pushed the limits of exploration for the benefits of humanity.

Watch Video
November 2024 INSIGHT Now Available

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcast episodes, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

Read More
Banner image showing the Small Steps, Giant Leaps logo featuring an illustration of an astronaut leaping from the Moon to Mars. The image on the right of the banner is of a man using a virtual reality headset with controls for NASA simulator training. The text above reads 143: NASA Training Simulators.
Podcast Episode 143: NASA Training Simulators

Before leaving the ground, astronauts prepare for spaceflight by immersing themselves in life-like training simulators. NASA’s Simulation and Graphics Branch makes it happen, and it’s critical to the success of humans in space.

Listen