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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 INSIGHT Staff

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.

The Deep Space Optical Communications demonstration flight transceiver can be identified by its large tube-like sunshade on the Psyche spacecraft, shown here inside a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Photo Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to Test Optical Communications for Deep Space

September 26, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

DSOC demonstration will ride aboard Psyche spacecraft.

Screenshot of CJ Bixby during her interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Communication Skills for Engineers

September 25, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

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 INSIGHT Staff

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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In this image from July 18, 2023, a NASA team helps attach solar arrays for the agency’s Psyche spacecraft onto a stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credits: NASA/Isaac Watson

Psyche Mission Prepares for October Launch

September 15, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

2.2-billion-mile journey to metal-rich asteroid tests new technology.

Global images of Mars taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) during summer in the planet’s northern hemisphere. Between 1997 and 2006, MGS looked at Mars in unprecedented detail, building upon the successful Viking missions before it. Credits: NASA/USGS

This Month in NASA History: A Closer Look at Mars

September 11, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mars Global Surveyor examines the Red Planet in unprecedented detail.

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 INSIGHT Staff

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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In this photo from 2016, illumination testing is underway on the power-producing solar arrays for the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: NASA/Cory Huston

August 2023 INSIGHT Now Available

August 31, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

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.

Screenshot of Julie Grantier speaking during her interview. Photo Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Multiple Dimension Thinking

August 29, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

The skill to analyze issues that arise during a project from various points of view will put a systems engineer in a better position to help solve any problem that may arise.

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