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This illustration shows a CubeSat scanning and mapping an asteroid. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Open-Source and Commercial Web Software Vulnerabilities

June 30, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

Projects that use commercial web software should take proactive measures to mitigate IT security risks.

June 15, 2022 // by Daniel Connell

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.

This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Podcast Episode 86: Astrobiology Research Coordination Networks

June 15, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA Astrobiology Program Senior Scientist Mary Voytek discusses Research Coordination Networks.

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Close-up view of astronauts James A. McDivitt (foreground) and Edward H. White II inside their Gemini-4 spacecraft. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Engineering the First American Spacewalk

June 9, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Gemini IV astronauts solve hatch problems, test human endurance.

An artist's concept of a Moon base, depicting two astronauts working on the surface of the Moon with rovers. Earth is in the background. Credit: NASA

Podcast Episode 85: Moon to Mars Habitation

June 1, 2022 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA’s Tiffany Nickens discusses habitats being developed for living on the lunar surface and traveling to Mars.

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Pictured here is Vacuum Chamber B in Building 32 of Johnson Space Center. There are multiple stacks of books inside of it. Vacuum Chamber runs were performed on the University of Houston (UH) Clear Lake library book collection to remove water from them. Credit: NASA

May 2022 INSIGHT Now Available

May 31, 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.