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The Sustainable Flight Demonstrator will test a lightweight, ultra-thin wing spanning 170 feet, attached at the top of the fuselage, and supported from below by a sweeping brace, shown here in an artist illustration. Credit: NASA

Project Aims to Improve Aviation Fuel Efficiency

February 27, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator will flight test innovative truss-braced wing.

Screenshot of David Stark during his interview. He is smiling and looking to the side. The APPEL and YouTube logos are on the right side. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Testing Requirements

February 24, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Clear communication of the testing process helps customers keep their testing phase on schedule and budget.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speak with media during a visit to Stennis Space Center on Dec. 7, 2021, standing in front of an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine like the ones that powered the Space Shuttle and now the Artemis program’s Space Launch System. Credit: NASA

Celebrate NASA’s Extraordinary Workforce with Small Steps, Giant Leaps

February 23, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

100th podcast episode features Deputy Administrator Melroy.

STS-82 crew members Mark C. Lee (left) and Steven L. Smith (on RMS arm) work on the Hubble Space Telescope during the mission’s fifth extravehicular activity (EVA). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-82 Upgrades Hubble

February 10, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Hubble servicing mission relies on expertise and experience of seasoned crew.

System Expert Performing Analysis of a Thermal Protection System Tile. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Component Identification Procedures Used in the Columbia Accident Investigation

January 27, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Procedures developed by the NASA community to identify, catalog, and inspect accident debris proved invaluable in the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation.

Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia STS-107 mission is launching toward space from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Communication Lessons from the Columbia Tragedy

January 23, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Good communication is a two-way street that requires those delivering and receiving communication to pay attention to some key rules to be effective.

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, standing atop the mobile launcher, arrive at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2022, ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I launch. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Report Quantifies Economic Impact of Moon to Mars

January 18, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Artemis already creating jobs, creating economic output.

STS-89 Commander Terrence Wilcutt, left, greets Mission Specialist David Wolf at the airlock of Space Shuttle Endeavour, following Wolf’s 128-day mission aboard the Mir space station. It was a reunion in space for Wilcutt and Wolf, who were both from NASA Astronaut Group 13. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: A Reunion at Mir

January 12, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

STS-89 reunites members of NASA Astronaut Group 13.

Graphic showing the configuration of the MSL Descent Stage for the final mechanical walkdown. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Conduct a Final Mechanical Walkdown Prior to Spacecraft Integration with the Launch Vehicle

December 28, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Independent mechanical walkdowns of spacecraft are sometimes credited with discovering discrepancies that could have interfered with mission success.