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October 2024 INSIGHT Now Available

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.

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NASA’s Glenn Research Center will host the 4th Annual NASA Knowledge Workshop, a hybrid event, with both in-person and virtual attendees, on November 6, 2024. The event will focus on knowledge continuity and succession planning. Credit: NASA
NASA’s GRC to Host Knowledge Workshop

Hybrid event will focus on succession and continuity.

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Podcast episode promo graphic featuring the Small Steps, Giant Leaps logo on the left third of the image. The main image is an illustration of the binary asteroid Didymos with the DART spacecraft approaching it. The text superimposed on top says #141: Planetary Defense at NASA
Podcast Episode 141: Planetary Defense at NASA

The best planetary defense is a good planetary offense. Learn how NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office works to detect, track, and mitigate threats from asteroids and other near-Earth objects.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the center – on Oct. 03, 2024. The current solar cycle has reached its maximum. Credit: NASA/SDO
Solar Cycle 25 Reaches Maximum

Powerful geomagnetic solar storms mark new phase of 11-year cycle, as Parker Solar Probe comes ever closer to the Sun’s surface.

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This view of a valley where water flowed billions of years ago was captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover using the Mastcam-Z instrument. A puzzling rock named “Cheyava Falls” is about 361 feet in front of the rover here and left of center. Credit: NASA
The Long Journey to Understand Mars

New research adds clues in the quest to learn what happened to ancient water on the planet and if it ever supported microbial life.

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Illustration of a neural network showing bright blue and white lines. On the left is a box that says New Podcast Episode and below it is the logo of the podcast which depicts an astronaut leaping from the Moon to Mars. On the right, overlayed on the neural network image, are the words #140: Artificial Intelligence at NASA.
Podcast Episode 140: Artificial Intelligence at NASA

NASA has a long history with AI, using it in various applications like autonomous Mars rover navigation and detecting planets in other solar systems. Today, NASA is embracing AI for more members of the workforce, enabling innovation.

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In January 1961, engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center prepared the massive first stage of the Saturn I rocket for checkout. The booster was designed with eight clustered H-1 engines capable of producing as much as 1.5 million pounds of thrust. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: The First Saturn Rocket Launch

Saturn I-A was the bold first step in a giant technological leap.

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Podcast Episode 139: NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program

Where did we come from? It’s the ultimate question. Drs. Ron Gamble and Swara Ravindranath, scientists for NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program, are working to find out.

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September 2024 INSIGHT Now Available

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.

Read More