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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Orbital Space Plane – Engineers as Smart Buyers
July 31, 2023 // by

Good acquisition management emphasizes not only what – but how – to buy.

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Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this image shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface. Photo Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 113: OSIRIS REx Sample Return Preparation
July 26, 2023 // by

OSIRIS-REx Mission Systems Engineer Ron Mink discusses preparation for the return of the United States’ first asteroid sample from space to Earth.

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Screenshot of Cynthia Simmons speaking during her interview. Photo Credit: NASA
Critical Knowledge inSight: Decisive and Rational Decision-Making for Project Managers
July 24, 2023 // by

A project manager needs to adapt to changing circumstances that arise during their project.

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A high-resolution free-air gravity map based on GRAIL data, overlaid on terrain based on LRO altimeter (LOLA) and camera (LROC) data. The view is south-up, with the south pole near the horizon in the upper left and the crescent Earth in the distance. The terminator crosses the eastern rim of the Schrödinger basin. Gravity is painted onto the areas that are in or near the night side. Red corresponds to mass excesses and blue to mass deficits. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 112: TechLeap Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge
July 12, 2023 // by

NASA TechLeap Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge Manager Greg Peters discusses the lunar landing challenge.

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Featured Video: Introducing NASA’s On-Demand Streaming Service, NASA+
July 1, 2023 // by

More space. More rockets. More science. More missions. More NASA. All in one place. No subscription needed.

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Engineers install multilayer insulation (MLI) on the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument inside Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility on Oct. 20, 2022. Photo Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
June 2023 INSIGHT Now Available
June 30, 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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The GIDEP Logo–Government-Industry Data Exchange Program. Credit: GIDEP
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Improved Operations and Backlog Management of NANADARTS at GRC
June 29, 2023 // by

Increased awareness and improved processes helped to quickly eliminate a massive backlog of NANADARTS documents.

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An image of Raven Zero Pressure Balloon being inflated.The Exo-Atmospheric Aerobrake was tested during the August 2019 flight campaign. Photo Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 111: Flight Opportunities
June 28, 2023 // by

NASA Flight Opportunities Program Manager Danielle McCulloch discusses rapid demonstration of technologies and capabilities for NASA missions and commercial spaceflight.

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Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Engineers Priya Venkatesan and Joey Mercer review flight paths using the UAS traffic management research platform at flight operations mission control at NASA’s UTM TCL2 test. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 110: APPEL Knowledge Services
June 14, 2023 // by

NASA Chief Knowledge Officer and APPEL Knowledge Services Director Tiffany Smith discusses knowledge sharing and learning and development.

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