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Podcast Episode 119: Rocket Propulsion Test Program
October 18, 2023 // by

Rocket Propulsion Test Program Manager Christine Powell discusses chemical propulsion testing at NASA’s world-class facilities.

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Flight hardware for NASA’s Orbital Syngas Commodity Augmentation Reactor, or OSCAR, is in view inside the Applied Physics Lab in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21, 2022. OSCAR began as an Early Career Initiative project at the spaceport that studies technology to convert trash and human waste into useful gasses such as methane, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. By processing small pieces of trash in a high-temperature reactor, OSCAR is advancing new and innovative technology for managing waste in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Podcast Episode 118: Center Innovation Fund and Early Career Initiative
October 4, 2023 // by

NASA SpaceTech’s Michael LaPointe and John Nelson discuss the Center Innovation Fund and Early Career Initiative.

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Featured Video: NASA’s Lucy Mission Flyby of Asteroid Dinkinesh
October 1, 2023 // by

On Nov. 1 2023, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly by the small Main Belt asteroid Dinkinesh (previously known as 1999 VD57).

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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux.
September 2023 INSIGHT Now Available
September 29, 2023 // by

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.

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A photo of a lightning strike. Credit: NASA
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: DSN Antenna Complex Damaged by Lightning
September 28, 2023 // by

Evaluation of costs associated with lightning strikes and other naturally occurring events should extend beyond facility repair to include impacts on science data, spacecraft commanding, and other mission-critical functions.

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Screenshot of CJ Bixby during her interview. Credit: NASA
Critical Knowledge inSight: Communication Skills for Engineers
September 25, 2023 // by

Good communication is a crucial skill for a systems engineer leading a project team.

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Illustration of IXPE in space with various colors on black background and a section of Earth on the bottom left corner. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 117: NASA Trade and Technical Professionals, Part 3
September 20, 2023 // by

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Engineering Technicians John Hood, Amy Meekham, and Mark Sloan discuss details of their work on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer.

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nside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare for the solar array deployment on the AIM spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 116: NASA Trade and Technical Professionals, Part 2
September 6, 2023 // by

NASA Technicians Scott Bartram, Eric Bentley, Maria Salinas, and Phil Steele discuss their hands-on work on a variety of projects and technologies.

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio floats inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world.” Credit: NASA
Featured Video: Hispanic Heritage Month Greetings from Space
September 1, 2023 // by

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2023, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio pays tribute to former NASA astronaut José Hernández and his inspirational life story with a message from aboard the International Space Station, orbiting 260 miles above Earth.

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