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Screen shot of Kevin Rivers smiling and looking at the camera. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: The Importance of Resilience for Project Managers

March 30, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

A resilient project manager stays flexible and open to making changes when adversity or opportunities affect a project.

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Leadership includes beginning with an organization’s origin story—its “why”—then connecting that “why” with the individual “why” of each of your team members. Here, President John F. Kennedy sets part of NASA’s origin story on September 12, 1962, saying, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…” Credit: NASA

The Why of Leadership

March 28, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

How leaders can foster cognitive diversity and align personal and organizational goals.

Illustration of the Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D satellite observatory in space with Earth in the background. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: SAC-D DC/DC Converter On-orbit Failures Likely due to Over-testing Prior to Usage

March 25, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

An international Earth-observing mission to study the salinity of the ocean surface ended in 2015 when an essential part of the spacecraft’s power and attitude control system stopped operating due to over-testing prior to launch.

Glenn Research Center CKO Janice Romanin. Credit: NASA

Knowledge Community Corner: NASA Glenn’s Janice Romanin

March 22, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Janice Romanin discusses knowledge sharing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.

Innovation is a key element of many NASA aeronautics projects. Here, a modified F/A-18 aircraft serves as a testbed for validating a number of NASA technical innovations in aircraft control and data systems. Credit: NASA

The Value of Being Uncomfortable

March 18, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Event keynote examines a key metric for teams seeking to innovate at the leading edge.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) module in its cargo bay in March 1992 during the STS-45 mission. The ATLAS-1 instruments are back dropped against the Atlas Mountains and dunes in the Iguidi Dune Sea near Mali in the western Sahara. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-45 Studies Earth

March 11, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

First flight of ATLAS examined Earth’s complex mesosphere and solar science.

NASA operates two Airborne Science ER-2 aircraft for a wide variety of environmental science, atmospheric sampling, and satellite data verification missions. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas

NASA Project Flies into the Storm

February 25, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

IMPACTS finds surprises inside powerful snowstorms.

Critical Knowledge inSight: Open-mindedness

February 24, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

A leader who keeps an open mind will bring in more diverse opinions and ideas to help a project succeed.

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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Electrical Short Circuits due to Tin Whiskers

February 17, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

An investigation into the cause of intermittent electrical shorts on the Cassini space probe over a six-year period determined they were most likely due to the presence of tin whiskers.