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This illustration depicts the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite with solar arrays fully deployed. Credit: NASA/JPL

Podcast Episode 106: Surface Water and Ocean Topography

April 19, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Surface Water and Ocean Topography Project Manager Parag Vaze discusses the first global survey of Earth’s surface water.

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Bill Tindall (left) and Gene Kranz in Mission Control during Apollo 11. Credit: NASA

The Enduring Leadership Lessons of Bill Tindall

April 18, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

History Office presentation highlights master integrator of Gemini, Apollo.

The crew members of the Apollo 13 mission step onto the deck of the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Aboard the ship, Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot (left); James A. Lovell, Jr., commander (center); and John L. Swigert, Jr., command module pilot, discussed writing an account of the perilous spaceflight. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Investigating Apollo 13

April 10, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Review board focuses on role of oxygen tank 2 in accident.

A view of the Perseverance rover drill. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera on March 7, 2022 (Sol 371) at the local mean solar time of 15:34:26. Credit: NASA

Podcast Episode 105: Samples from Mars

April 5, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Mars Sample Return Deputy Lead Scientist Lindsay Hays discusses plans to bring the first samples of Mars material to Earth.

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On 22 January 2003, the crew of STS-107 captured this sunrise from the crew cabin during Flight Day 7. Photo Credit: NASA

Lessons from Columbia: Building a Knowledge Sharing Culture

April 3, 2023 // by Tiffany L. Smith

Continued vigilance is required to maintain an organizational culture that supports critical knowledge sharing.

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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