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NASA studies Earth with a fleet of more than two dozen satellite missions that gather data about land masses, ice prevalence, atmospheric conditions, oceans, and more. Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA Focuses on Value of Climate Work

July 27, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Difficult summer highlights data NASA collects on Earth’s climate.

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 INSIGHT Staff

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

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In the early 1930s, astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky studied the Coma Cluster—shown here in an image obtained by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory—and discovered a puzzling inconsistency that led him to theorize the presence of dark matter. Photo Credit: NASA

Missions Focus on Dark Matter, Dark Energy

July 21, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

New telescopes designed to address pressing mysteries in astrophysics.

Within days of the launch, Landsat 1 acquired an image of an astounding 81,000-acre fire burning in isolated, central Alaska. For the first time ever, scientists and resource management officials were able to see the full extent of damage from a fire in a single image while it was still burning. Photo Credit: NASA/USGS

This Month in NASA History: A Closer Look at Earth

July 14, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Landsat 1 demonstrated the value of multispectral scanner technology.

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Improved Operations and Backlog Management of NANADARTS at GRC

June 29, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

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

The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in unprecedented detail. Massive stars race through their lifecycles, and only some of them go through a brief Wolf-Rayet phase before going supernova. Photo Credit: NASA

Webb’s First Year of Impressive Science

June 23, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Space telescope reveals key details of early galaxies, exoplanets.

$More than 5,000 exoplanets have been identified, representing only a small fraction of total number and displaying the great diversity in the universe. Illustration Credit: Artist’s illustration/NASA/JPL-Caltech$

Worlds Around Small Star Come into Focus

June 20, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Technology builds understanding of Crater constellation.

President Ronald Reagan (tan suit) waves from the podium as thousands of spectators cheer. More than half a million people gathered to watch Space Shuttle Columbia touch down following STS-4. The prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise is behind Reagan. Photo Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Fourth of July Present to Remember

June 12, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Columbia impresses Apollo veteran Ken Mattingly.

Screenshot of Ralph Basilio during his interview. Photo Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Being Flexible

June 8, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

A project manager needs to adapt to changing circumstances that arise during their project. The project manager needs to remain focused on the project requirements and not be fixated on the design or implementation path.

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