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In this photo, Frank Rubio is standing in the anechoic chamber, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA
Featured Video: Astronaut Moments with NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio
September 1, 2022 // by

Frank Rubio is a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 68 station crew.

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky.
August 2022 INSIGHT Now Available
August 31, 2022 // by

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

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A view of one of the large test structures located at the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF) on Oct. 19, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The LETF is a unique set of structures, equipment and tools built to test full-scale umbilicals and release mechanisms for the space shuttle. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Critical Knowledge inSight: First-time Build Challenges are Inevitable
August 26, 2022 // by

New technologies and their risks are difficult to characterize and provide important opportunities for lessons learned and process improvements.

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Artist's concept of OSAM-1 servicing a satellite in space. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 91: OSAM-1
August 24, 2022 // by

OSAM-1 Lead Systems Engineer Wendy Morgenstern discusses NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 mission to robotically refuel a satellite that wasn’t designed to be serviced.

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The Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, was designed to make space-based observations of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere to better understand the characteristics of climate change. This illustration shows the OCO-1 satellite in space, with Earth in the background. Credit: NASA
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch Vehicle Mishap Investigation Results
August 18, 2022 // by

Failure of a launch vehicle payload fairing to separate during ascent resulted in the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite mission.

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This is an illustration if Earth and its magnetic field, colored in bright green and yellow. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 90: Effects of Space Radiation
August 10, 2022 // by

NASA Space Radiation Element Scientist Robin Elgart discusses research aimed at reducing radiation health risks.

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An artist's concept of the Orion capsule flying close to the Moon. Credit: NASA
Featured Video: Artemis III Landing Region Candidates
August 1, 2022 // by

NASA has announced the selection of 13 regions near the Moon’s South Pole as candidate landing regions for Artemis III.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts simulates extravehicular activity in the Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory on May 10, 2013. Credit: NASA/Mark Sowa
July 2022 INSIGHT Now Available
July 29, 2022 // by

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

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View of the Zakim bridge and Charlestown. Credit: Datawheel LLC
Podcast Episode 89: The Big Dig
July 27, 2022 // by

Boston University Assistant Professor Virginia Greiman discusses enduring lessons from the largest, most technically challenging highway project in U.S. history.

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