Newsletter ends as APPEL KS moves website to new location and redoubles focus on internal audience. After more than seven years of sharing the fascinating stories of NASA’s technical workforce, who work every day on programs and projects at the cutting edge of science and technology, INSIGHT is drawing to a close. When APPEL Knowledge […]| APPEL Knowledge Services
StarBurst, a satellite the size of a washing machine, aims to detect the initial blast of gamma-rays, the most powerful bursts of energy in the universe. These huge explosions can occur when dense neutron stars collide, forging metals like gold and platinum. These metals are some of the building blocks of planets — like Earth.| APPEL Knowledge Services
The Hubble Space Telescope has changed humanity’s understanding of the universe. Now in orbit for 35 years, it remains a remarkable feat of engineering.| APPEL Knowledge Services
A small crew and a large cargo of food, supplies, and spare parts mark the last time a space shuttle docked with the International Space Station. On July 19, 2011, Commander Christopher Ferguson and Pilot Douglas Hurley undocked the Space Shuttle Atlantis from the International Space Station and slowly backed away. The ISS stood in […]| APPEL Knowledge Services
Mr. Bellinger’s extensive aerospace career includes 20+ years with NASA; 10 of those years as the Technical Director for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Wallops Flight Facility. Mr. Bellinger is a consultant for ARES Corporation and owns his own consulting company. Mr. Bellinger has received training from numerous NASA APPEL courses and has supported development and conduct of NASA training including Safety in High Pressure Systems, High Pressure Cylinder Safety, and Flexible Hose Safety.| appel.nasa.gov
Mr. Bellinger’s extensive aerospace career includes 20+ years with NASA; 10 of those years as the Technical Director for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Wallops Flight Facility. Mr. Bellinger is a consultant for ARES Corporation and owns his own consulting company. Mr. Bellinger has received training from numerous NASA APPEL courses and has supported development and conduct of NASA training including Safety in High Pressure Systems, High Pressure Cylinder Safety, and Flexible Hose Safety.| appel.nasa.gov
Continuous, integrated risk management process enables NASA to develop missions with complex, state-of-the-art engineering systems designed to achieve ambitious science objectives. When NASA prepared to land the Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012, engineers faced what they called “seven minutes of terror”—a nail-biting descent through the Martian atmosphere with no chance for real-time corrections from Earth. […]| appel.nasa.gov
