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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: System / Facility Impedance Checks

July 18, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Impedance compatibility problems between test facilities and electronics hardware can result in damage or failure.

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 Kevin Wilcox

Crew recovers from engine shutdown to complete ambitious science objectives.

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 INSIGHT Staff

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

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 Kevin Wilcox

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

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 INSIGHT Staff

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

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(From left) Andria Mosie, Charis Krysher and Juliane Gross, lunar sample curators, positioning the Apollo 17 drive tube prior to removing from its teflon bag and extruding sample 73002 at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/James Blair

Taking a New Look at Pristine Apollo Samples

June 13, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Researchers are examining lunar soil and rocks with new tools.

Close-up view of astronauts James A. McDivitt (foreground) and Edward H. White II inside their Gemini-4 spacecraft. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Engineering the First American Spacewalk

June 9, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Gemini IV astronauts solve hatch problems, test human endurance.

Systems Engineering Leadership Program (SELP) graduates posing for a photo. Left to right front row: Evan Anzalone, Sarah N. D'Souza, Carla Haroz, Claudia Eyzaguirre, Susan Danley, Karma Snyder, Laura Kushner, K. Renee Horton. Back row: Ben Powell, Darren Baird, Miles Skow, Timothy Roberts, Andrew Rechenberg, George J. Williams, Jr. Credit: NASA/Masha Berger

APPEL KS SELP Class of 2022 Graduates

May 27, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Cohort completed systems engineering and leadership development program during pandemic.

Here, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield prepares to set up the ISERV in the Destiny module of the International Space Center. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Program Management of ISERV Design, Development, and Qualification Class D Hardware Integration

May 25, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Specific events and obstacles encountered during the design and development of the ISERV payload provide the basis of an applicable program management lesson learned.