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This photograph of Skylab, taken by the final crew to live and work there, shows the parasol sunshade that was deployed by the first crew to protect the orbiting workshop from the Sun and lower the internal temperature. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Skylab Takes Shape
May 9, 2025 // by

Debates about what would follow the Moon landing lead to the development of NASA’s first space station.

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April 2025 INSIGHT Now Available
April 30, 2025 // 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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Podcast episode graphic showing the title of the podcast on the left third of the image. The rest of the graphic is an illustration of the EZIE mission, showing one of the three suitcase-sized satellites orbiting above Earth's green aurorae.
Podcast Episode 152: EZIE Does It
April 30, 2025 // by

What can the auroras tell us about our planet’s relationship with the Sun? NASA’s EZIE mission looks into it. 

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The asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during its flyby on April 20, 2025. The spacecraft’s closest approach distance was 600 miles. The image has been sharpened and processed to enhance contrast. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab
NASA Spacecraft Takes Images of Asteroid
April 25, 2025 // by

50 years after Donald Johanson makes pivotal discovery of Lucy skeleton, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft studies Donaldjohanson.

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NASA’s PUNCH Mission Will Look for Clues about the Solar Wind
April 18, 2025 // by

Four satellites will work together to create detailed images of the Sun’s corona seeking insight into how the solar wind forms.

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Podcast episode graphic showing the name of the podcast Small Steps Giant Leaps on the left, plus a computer-generated image of Earth. Orbital paths in different colors surround the planet. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 151: Designing Missions
April 16, 2025 // by

NASA’s design labs are where engineers develop concepts for missions and ideas for scientific instruments.

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NASA astronaut F. Story Musgrave, STS-6 mission specialist, performs the first Extra Vehicular Activity of the Space Shuttle era in the payload bay of Challenger. Also on the EVA, but out of the frame here, was Donald Peterson. NASA astronaut Karol J. Bobko, pilot, took photographs through the aft flight deck windows. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: STS-6 was a Mission of Firsts
April 10, 2025 // by

First flight of Challenger includes the first spacewalk of the shuttle program and an important test of a new generation of spacesuits.

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Illustration showing a flying vehicle, resembling a car with wings and propellers, flying over a cityscape. White text above it shows the episode title and on the left quarter of the image is the podcast title, graphic which features an astronaut leaping from the Moon to Mars, and text that reads Listen Now. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 150: Urban Air Taxis
April 2, 2025 // by

Flying air taxis? NASA is working on it with the Air Mobility Pathfinders Project.

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March 2025 INSIGHT Now Available
March 31, 2025 // 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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