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2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Watkins is helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos

Podcast Episode 100: NASA’s Extraordinary Workforce

January 25, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy discusses NASA’s positive impact on humanity—and the people who make it happen.

Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia STS-107 mission is launching toward space from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Communication Lessons from the Columbia Tragedy

January 23, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Good communication is a two-way street that requires those delivering and receiving communication to pay attention to some key rules to be effective.

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, standing atop the mobile launcher, arrive at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2022, ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I launch. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Report Quantifies Economic Impact of Moon to Mars

January 18, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Artemis already creating jobs, creating economic output.

STS-89 Commander Terrence Wilcutt, left, greets Mission Specialist David Wolf at the airlock of Space Shuttle Endeavour, following Wolf’s 128-day mission aboard the Mir space station. It was a reunion in space for Wilcutt and Wolf, who were both from NASA Astronaut Group 13. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: A Reunion at Mir

January 12, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

STS-89 reunites members of NASA Astronaut Group 13.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission is pictured here floating off the coast of Baja California in the Pacific Ocean. Orion was successfully recovered inside the well deck of the USS Portland on Dec. 11, 2022. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

December 2022 INSIGHT Now Available

December 29, 2022 // 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.

Graphic showing the configuration of the MSL Descent Stage for the final mechanical walkdown. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Conduct a Final Mechanical Walkdown Prior to Spacecraft Integration with the Launch Vehicle

December 28, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Independent mechanical walkdowns of spacecraft are sometimes credited with discovering discrepancies that could have interfered with mission success.

Screenshot of Keith Walyus looking at the camera and speaking during his interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Stay Focused on the Mission

December 23, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

A program manager needs to stay mission-focused in order to reach success.

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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, shown here in an artist’s illustration, will make unprecedented measurements of the water in Earth's lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and oceans. Credit: NASA

SWOT Eyes Earth’s Surface Water

December 19, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Satellite will provide high-definition view of lakes, rivers, and oceans.

This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credit: NASA

Podcast Episode 99: Webb Space Telescope’s First Year

December 14, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Systems Engineer Mike Menzel discusses highlights of the observatory’s first year in space.

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