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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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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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