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Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the towering Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to install protective covers on magnetometers. Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman (bottom of frame) assisted Musgrave with final servicing tasks on the telescope, wrapping up five days of extravehicular activities (EVA). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-61 Saves Hubble

December 8, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Ambitious mission includes five EVAs, unprecedented rendezvous.

12 plumes of methane combine for a significant emission near Hazar, Turkmenistan, a port city on the Caspian Sea. NASA’s EMIT mission detected the plumes as part of early testing aboard the International Space Station. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

EMIT Data Points to Large Methane Emissions

December 5, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission to examine impact of dust finds massive gas emissions.

The European robotic arm is pictured extending out from the International Space Station's Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Credit: NASA

November 2022 INSIGHT Now Available

November 30, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcasts, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

This is an artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft flying through space with its antenna pointing to Earth. The background is black and speckled with stars. A vibrant blue streak of gas cloud cuts diagonally through the black of space. Credit: NASA/JPL

Podcast Episode 98: Voyager

November 30, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Voyager Project Manager Suzanne Dodd discusses NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft to explore interstellar space.

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Screenshot of Terry O'Malley speaking and gesturing with his hand during his interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges of Out-of-House Project Work

November 28, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Out-of-house work brings some specific challenges for a NASA project manager.

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As a momentous year at NASA draws to a close, some members of the technical workforce—many with decades of specialized experience—are considering a personal milestone: retirement. Credit: NASA

Transition to New Year Often Brings Retirements

November 23, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

APPEL KS offers tools, tips for knowledge capture and transfer.

This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3, 2013 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Lessons Learned from NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program

November 21, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program provides a starting point for formulation, design, management, and implementation of future public-private capability development partnerships.

Podcast Episode 97: Mars InSight

November 17, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Mars InSight Lander Principal Investigator Bruce Banerdt discusses the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars.

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A meteoroid slammed into the surface of Mars on December 24, 2021, leaving this massive crater and ejecting boulders of water ice across a wide area. In the months that followed, two NASA teams pieced together what the impact was and what it reveals about the planet’s crust. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Large Impact on Mars Is Rare Opportunity

November 10, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Meteoroid leaves massive crater, ejects boulders of ice.