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In the fall of 2022, the DART spacecraft will collide head-on with the smaller asteroid in the Didymos system in the first space test of the kinetic impactor method for deflecting an asteroid. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

DART Takes Aim at Asteroid Moonlet

September 29, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission will be first space test of kinetic impactor method.

Twelve orbits a day provide the MOC wide angle cameras on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor with a global snapshot of weather patterns across the planet. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes. Credit: NASA

Mars: The Next Giant Leap for Humanity

September 24, 2021 // by INSIGHT Staff

NASA’s Administrator discusses Moon to Mars plans at summit.

A team led by NASA researchers was able to use data from the more than two years OSIRIS-REx spent examining Bennu to model the asteroid’s orbital trajectory with unprecedented precision through 2300. Credit: NASA

OSIRIS-REx Team Models Bennu’s Future Path

August 30, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Data from sample return mission allows unprecedented precision.

Financial Management for Program Managers

Quick Webinars

August 17, 2021 // by Daniel Connell

APPEL Knowledge Services offers a varied series of one-hour webinars to meet the needs of NASA’s technical workforce on a range of topics. Webinars typically draw hundreds of attendees, who learn from expert facilitators with decades of experience in professional coaching and leadership development. The format also allows attendees the unique opportunity to interface, share, and learn from each other.