Year in Review: Explore SWE’s Highlights of 2025
As the year comes to an end, here’s a recap of some of the Society’s achievements and impact from 2025. Source
Andromeda and Sprites over Australia
Photo of the Day What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future. Andromeda (M31) is similar in size and shape to our own Milky Way Galaxy. On the right is [...]
From Student to Recruiting Engineer: Takeaways From SWE’s Annual Conferences
Draper engineer Kelsey Jones reflects on how she found new opportunities and overcame imposter syndrome by participating in SWE’s annual conference. Source
Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains
Photo of the Day Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Gemini. That is why the major meteor shower in December is known as the Geminids -- because shower meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Gemini. [...]
Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
Photo of the Day What would it be like to fly over the largest moon in the Solar System? In 2021, the robotic Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede and took images that have been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby. As the featured video begins, Juno swoops over the two-toned surface [...]
Orion and the Ocean of Storms
Photo of the Day On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Prominent on the lunar nearside Oceanus [...]
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Resource Reel – December 2025
This resource reel shows major milestones for NASA’s mega Moon rocket, the SLS (Space Launch System) from January 2025 through December 2025. Teams across the country are manufacturing, building, and preparing hardware for SLS rockets that will power the first crewed Artemis missions with Artemis II and III. Video highlights include hardware integration for the [...]
HeForSWE Affinity Group: Year in Review
As part of their spotlight month, the HeForSWE Affinity Group (AG) reflects on their past year of projects and events. Source
SWE Affinity Groups Celebrate a Stellar 2025
Several SWE Affinity Groups shared their highlights from this year and hinted at some of their plans for 2026. Source
SWE’s Most Popular Content of 2025
What women in engineering read, watched, loved, and learned this year on the SWE blog, podcast, magazine, and learning center. Source