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Illustration of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the first aircraft humanity has sent to another planet to attempt powered, controlled flight. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 88: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flights
July 13, 2022 // by

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot Håvard Grip discusses the rotorcraft’s history-making flights on the Red Planet.

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The Space Shuttle Challenger, with its seven member crew and battery of scientific experiments aboard, eases its rear landing gear onto the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing STS-51-F. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: STS-51-F
July 12, 2022 // by

Crew recovers from engine shutdown to complete ambitious science objectives.

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Space Technology Mission Directorate CKO Alesyn Lowry. Credit: NASA
Knowledge Community Corner: NASA STMD’s Alesyn Lowry
July 7, 2022 // by

Alesyn Lowry discusses knowledge sharing in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.

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NASA photographer Desiree Stover shines a light on the Space Environment Simulator's Integration Frame, which was used to enclose and help cryogenic (cold) test the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module. Credit: NASA
June 2022 INSIGHT Now Available
June 30, 2022 // by

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcasts, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

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This illustration shows a CubeSat scanning and mapping an asteroid. Credit: NASA
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Open-Source and Commercial Web Software Vulnerabilities
June 30, 2022 // by

Projects that use commercial web software should take proactive measures to mitigate IT security risks.

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This artist's concept shows a black hole with an accretion disk -- a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole -- and a jet of hot gas, called plasma. Using NASA's NuSTAR space telescope and a fast camera called ULTRACAM on the William Herschel Observatory in La Palma, Spain, scientists have been able to measure the distance that particles in jets travel before they "turn on" and become bright sources of light. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 87: NuSTAR
June 29, 2022 // by

NuSTAR Principal Investigator Fiona Harrison discusses NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.

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The twin 7 ft diameter solar panels that power NASA’s InSight Mars lander, shown here during final testing, are now a dull orange after years on the dusty surface of Mars. Energy production has dropped 90 percent. Credit: NASA
As InSight Winds Down, Discoveries Continue
June 27, 2022 // by

Examination of data from the first seismometer on the surface of Mars just beginning.

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A group photo of people in white hard hats. Credit: NASA
Critical Knowledge inSight: Focus on People to Prevent Mistakes and Their Consequences
June 21, 2022 // by

A program/project manager should spend time building relationships and interacting with their team in the work environment.

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This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Podcast Episode 86: Astrobiology Research Coordination Networks
June 15, 2022 // by

NASA Astrobiology Program Senior Scientist Mary Voytek discusses Research Coordination Networks.

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