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Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young salutes the United States flag during the mission’s first extravehicular activity, with the Lunar Module and the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the background. Lunar Module Pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr. took the photo. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: NASA’s Fifth Moon Landing

April 7, 2020 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mattingly, bumped from Apollo 13, finally orbits the Moon as Apollo nears the end.

Podcast Episode 32: Europa Clipper

April 1, 2020 // by INSIGHT Staff

Europa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship mission.

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On the first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III, John W. Young, left, smuggled a corned beef on rye sandwich into the capsule and briefly shared it with Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom. NASA soon developed technology that improved the freeze-drying process to improve the quality of food on long spaceflights. Credit: NASA/MSFC archives

Publication Highlights NASA Technologies that Now Improve Daily Life

March 27, 2020 // by Kevin Wilcox

Agency advanced remote health monitoring, high-performance insulation and freeze-drying.

Virtual Project Management Challenge: Success, Imagination and Problem-Solving with Dilbert’s Scott Adams

March 24, 2020 // by INSIGHT Staff

Watch recorded March 26, 2020 session.

Podcast Episode 31: Commercial Lunar Payload Services

March 18, 2020 // by INSIGHT Staff

Steve Clarke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, discusses commercial payload delivery services to the Moon.

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This artist’s illustration depicts the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope in space. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Development of Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Moves Ahead

March 17, 2020 // by Kevin Wilcox

WFIRST will have Hubble’s precision with 100 times the field of view.

Critical Knowledge inSight: Lessons from Managing a Low-Cost Mission

March 13, 2020 // by INSIGHT Staff

What lessons could you learn from a low-cost, short-schedule mission?

Marshall Space Flight Center CKO Preston Jones. Credit: NASA

Knowledge Community Corner: NASA Marshall’s Preston Jones

March 10, 2020 // by INSIGHT Staff

Preston Jones discusses knowledge sharing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the U.S.S. Leonard F. Mason, after the completion of their Gemini VIII mission. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Gemini VIII Tests Armstrong, Scott

March 6, 2020 // by Kevin Wilcox

Two astronauts on their first spaceflight make first docking maneuver in orbit, save their vehicle from violent roll.