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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to install the Sample Caching System Sterile Flight Model hardware on the Mars Perseverance rover on May 21, 2020. The system includes 39 sample tubes that will be inserted into the underside of the rover. Credit: NASA JPL

March 2023 INSIGHT Now Available

March 30, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

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.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover surveys the floor of Jezero Crater on Feb. 5, the 698th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover began its third year on Mars recently. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Updates from NASA’s Far-flung Missions

March 28, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

A unique view of the Sun, gathering Martian dust, and preparing for asteroid samples.

A team from the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab tests the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) in the regolith bin inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2019. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Design Verification Development

March 27, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

The likelihood of success increases if the group responsible for implementing design verification methods chosen early in a program’s life cycle is allowed to contribute to the selection process.

Screenshot of Cathy Richardson speaking during her interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Clear-sighted Project Management

March 24, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

A project team’s performance can improve if their project manager stays clear-sighted and communicates how project goals connect with their organization’s goals.

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Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans rotated the engine section for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket from a vertical to horizontal position to prepare it for joining to the rest of the rocket’s core stage on Sept. 13. Credit: NASA

Podcast Episode 104: Workplace Safety Culture

March 22, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana discuss the importance of a strong safety culture.

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NASA’s X-59 QueSST, shown here in an artist’s illustration, has a unique design to minimize the sonic booms of supersonic flight to soft thumps. In November 2022, a GE Aviation F414-GE-100 engine was installed in the X-59 at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marking a major milestone as assembly of the X-59 nears completion. Credit: Lockheed Martin

Working Toward a Quieter Supersonic Flight

March 21, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

ImaginAviation session highlights promise of NASA’s X-59.

Charles W. Mathews, Manager, Project Gemini (right) stands and the flight director's console, viewing Gemini X flight display data in the Mission Control Center on July 18, 1966. With him, from left, are William C. Schneider, Mission Director; Glynn Lunney, Prime Flight Director; and Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Gemini Rises

March 9, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Program manager guides team to success of Gemini III.

A historical black and white photo of two young women, Michele Brekke and Susan Creasy, who were working in the shuttle mission simulator. To keep warm, they were wearing coats from the STS-2 crew–Joe Engle and Dick Truly. This image is used as a cover for the book “Making Space for Women” by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal. The image is symbolizing that women became accepted and a part of NASA’s culture as the workforce became more diverse. Credit: NASA

Podcast Episode 103: Legacy of Inspiration

March 8, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Human Spaceflight Historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal discusses how careers for women have changed over the past 50 years as the workforce has become more diverse.

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During final water impact testing at NASA’s Langley Research Center in 2021, the Orion Structural Test Article (STA) was pulled 135 feet to the side of the Hydro Impact Basin and 80 feet above it. When it was released, the STA swung and dropped, hitting the surface at 41 miles per hour. Credit: NASA

February 2023 INSIGHT Now Available

February 28, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

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.