INSIGHT: September 2023 | APPEL Knowledge Services

A photo of a lightning strike. Credit: NASA

Spotlight on Lessons Learned: DSN Antenna Complex Damaged by Lightning

September 28, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Evaluation of costs associated with lightning strikes and other naturally occurring events should extend beyond facility repair to include impacts on science data, spacecraft commanding, and other mission-critical functions.

The Deep Space Optical Communications demonstration flight transceiver can be identified by its large tube-like sunshade on the Psyche spacecraft, shown here inside a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Photo Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to Test Optical Communications for Deep Space

September 26, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

DSOC demonstration will ride aboard Psyche spacecraft.

Screenshot of CJ Bixby during her interview. Credit: NASA

Critical Knowledge inSight: Communication Skills for Engineers

September 25, 2023 // by INSIGHT Staff

Good communication is a crucial skill for a systems engineer leading a project team.

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In this image from July 18, 2023, a NASA team helps attach solar arrays for the agency’s Psyche spacecraft onto a stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credits: NASA/Isaac Watson

Psyche Mission Prepares for October Launch

September 15, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

2.2-billion-mile journey to metal-rich asteroid tests new technology.

Global images of Mars taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) during summer in the planet’s northern hemisphere. Between 1997 and 2006, MGS looked at Mars in unprecedented detail, building upon the successful Viking missions before it. Credits: NASA/USGS

This Month in NASA History: A Closer Look at Mars

September 11, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mars Global Surveyor examines the Red Planet in unprecedented detail.