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Former Astronaut Scott Altman discusses teamwork.

Critical Knowledge inSight: Supporting Team Performance

December 20, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

A good leader can enhance a team’s performance using trust and humility.

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This spiral galaxy, M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, has come into much sharper focus as centuries of innovation in telescopes has revealed increasing levels of detail. Credit: NASA

Flagship Telescopes Reveal the Unexpected

December 13, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Astronomers will use Webb to continue the long search for early galaxies.

Thirteen tons of telescopes and support equipment occupy the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia for mission STS-35, the first shuttle mission dedicated entirely to astronomy. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: 13 Tons of Telescopes

December 6, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

STS-35 was the first mission devoted exclusively to astronomy.

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Proximate Cause of the SMAP Radar Failure

November 29, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Testing and investigation identified an unexpected over-voltage condition as the proximate cause of failure of the radar instrument portion of the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission.

The sunshield on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, shown here stacked and expanded in a cleanroom in the Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach, California, will be folded up during launch and deploy in space. Credit: NASA

Webb’s Deployments Most Complex Ever Attempted

November 24, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Observatory will unfold massive sunshield, mirror in space.

Critical Knowledge inSight: Asking Good Questions

November 22, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Learn to ask good questions to gather important details about a project.

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With the Orion spacecraft secured atop the powerful Space Launch System, NASA has finished stacking and integrating the components of the Artemis I mission inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA

Artemis I Undergoing Final Rounds of Testing

November 15, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Team preparing massive rocket for wet dress rehearsal.

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers tow the space shuttle orbiter Columbia from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Columbia Returns to Space

November 8, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Crew of STS-2 works through the night on shortened mission.

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: End-to-End Redundancy Analysis

October 27, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Redundancy and failure analysis should extend beyond end items and the subsystem under design and consider potential failure scenarios for all relevant interfacing subsystems.