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Critical Knowledge inSight: Kjell Lindgren: Reflections on Astronaut Training

February 16, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Astronaut training is critically important to the success and safety of missions.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 53, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

Podcast Episode 53: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

February 10, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Engineer Bob Balaram discusses the first experimental aircraft flight on another planet.

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This artist's-concept illustration depicts the spacecraft of NASA's Psyche mission near the mission's target, the metal asteroid Psyche. The artwork was created in May 2017 to show the five-panel solar arrays planned for the spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Mission to Intriguing Metal Asteroid Moves Forward

February 9, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Psyche spacecraft seeks to identify if object in main belt is the core of a past planet.

The Russian space station Mir as Space Shuttle Discovery pulls closer for the first rendezvous in a program that would eventually include nine docking missions. Credit: NASA/JSC

This Month in NASA History: Discovery Arrives at Mir

February 3, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission improved communications and set stage for docking missions to come.

In this illustration, NASA's Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. Those samples, stored in hermetically sealed tubes, are the first step of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA and ESA Partner to Return Core Samples from Mars

January 27, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Intricate, robotic space mission could hold key to decades of scientific discovery.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 52, Mars Perseverance Rover Science

Podcast Episode 52: Mars Perseverance Rover Science

January 26, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Deputy Project Scientist Katie Stack Morgan discusses science objectives of NASA’s first astrobiology-focused mission to the Red Planet.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Logistics

January 20, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

Involving logistics engineers in development and operations can help save a project time and budget.

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Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley test robotics software on an engineering prototype of NASA’s VIPER rover. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart

Progress Continues on Rover to Explore for Water Ice on Moon

January 15, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

VIPER will map a portion of the lunar surface and drill into suspected pockets of water ice.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 51, Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

Podcast Episode: Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

January 13, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Deputy Lead Shivanjli Sharma discusses the “third revolution” in aviation.

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