Knowledge Category: Lessons Learned

Web page providing an in-depth look at the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.

Web page providing an in-depth look at the Apollo 13 CSM-109 LM-7 mission.

A look at key elements of organizational silence including safety culture, causes and consequences, and includes key tactics to combat Organizational Silence.

This SharePoint site is the NASA IV&V Program’s content management system (replacing ECM in 2024), providing a centralized location for organizing and storing documents and other content that relates to the Program’s processes and activities.

Lessons learned over a career are useful for identifying team development opportunities to ensure mission success and safety of flight. All human and robotic spaceflight is accomplished by teams of people working with technology. Spaceflight is about leading and organizig teams of people to solve engineering problems

Howard Wilson “Bill” Tindall Jr. is credited by many who worked in the Gemini and Apollo Programs with playing a key role in leading the development of flight techniques used to design and fly the Gemini and Apollo missions.

Web page which not only provides an overview of the program itself, but also offers an in-depth look at each mission individually.

This page provides resources to help NASA leaders and teams take steps to build a culture that connects employees to knowledge when they join a team and that retains the critical knowledge held by experienced personnel in advance of retirement or other transitions. 

The Small Satellite Reliability Initiative (SSRI) Knowledge Base shares resources, best practices, and lessons learned that improve mission confidence for small satellites. To that end, this comprehensive online tool contains organized, vetted, and high-quality sources of information on key elements of a successful small satellite mission.