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Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the towering Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to install protective covers on magnetometers. Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman (bottom of frame) assisted Musgrave with final servicing tasks on the telescope, wrapping up five days of extravehicular activities (EVA). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-61 Saves Hubble

December 8, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Ambitious mission includes five EVAs, unprecedented rendezvous.

12 plumes of methane combine for a significant emission near Hazar, Turkmenistan, a port city on the Caspian Sea. NASA’s EMIT mission detected the plumes as part of early testing aboard the International Space Station. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

EMIT Data Points to Large Methane Emissions

December 5, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission to examine impact of dust finds massive gas emissions.

Screenshot of Terry O'Malley speaking and gesturing with his hand during his interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges of Out-of-House Project Work

November 28, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Out-of-house work brings some specific challenges for a NASA project manager.

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As a momentous year at NASA draws to a close, some members of the technical workforce—many with decades of specialized experience—are considering a personal milestone: retirement. Credit: NASA

Transition to New Year Often Brings Retirements

November 23, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

APPEL KS offers tools, tips for knowledge capture and transfer.

This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3, 2013 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Lessons Learned from NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program

November 21, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program provides a starting point for formulation, design, management, and implementation of future public-private capability development partnerships.

A meteoroid slammed into the surface of Mars on December 24, 2021, leaving this massive crater and ejecting boulders of water ice across a wide area. In the months that followed, two NASA teams pieced together what the impact was and what it reveals about the planet’s crust. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Large Impact on Mars Is Rare Opportunity

November 10, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Meteoroid leaves massive crater, ejects boulders of ice.

Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to take close-up photographs of another planet. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Mariner 4 Launches

November 3, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission replaces wild ideas about Mars with the first stark images of the surface.

An illustration of the Europa Clipper flying in space with Jupiter's moon Europa in the background. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Tube Stub Weld Design Change

October 28, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Strong lines of communication between designers and analysts must be maintained to ensure fidelity of analysis results as flight component configurations evolve.

NASA teams returned to the Black Point Lava Flow, north of Flagstaff, Arizona in October, using the unusual terrain there to simulate conditions at the south pole of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Artemis Astronauts Visit Desert to Prepare for Moon

October 26, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

NASA returns to Black Point Lava Flow for analog missions.