Knowledge Bytes

In this Knowledge Byte, Safety and Mission Success Review (SMSR) Program Manager Eric Raynor discusses the purpose and importance of a SMSR. Learn how NASA performs a SMSR, who is involved in the process and why it's important to the agency.

Steve Shih, associate administrator of NASA’s Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, speaks to the importance of providing a culture that encourages the sharing of different perspectives, concerns and ideas without fear of retaliation.

White Sands Test Facility created a comprehensive Standard Parts Database for pressure vessel information. Hear how the database has increased safety at the facility.

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke explains what the Meteoroid Environments Office does, its responsibilities and the challenges that it faces.

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke explains how meteor shower forecasting works and how it helps protect astronauts and spacecrafts.

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke explains the background on the Chelyabinsk fireball that appeared over Russia in 2013 and how it demonstrated the danger of smaller meteorites.

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke explains how the Leonid meteor showers of 1998-2002 led to the development of meteor shower forecasting.

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke tells the story of an astronaut on the International Space Station who photographed the Lyrid meteors. 

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office (MEO), provides expert insight on the agency's meteoroid work in this series of Knowledge Bytes. Cooke explains what the network is, how it works, the information it provides and the types of cameras involved. 

In this series, Nick Johnson, NASA's former chief scientist for Orbital Debris (OD), discusses orbital debris work at NASA. Johnson explains the challenges that accompany requirement changes and what it takes to overcome them.