SWENext Influencer Kaitlyn G. shares three lessons from Sally Ride’s 2025 National Geographic film, Sally, that shaped her perspective on engineering and the choices that define success in STEM.Read more at All Together
Professional development through a return to work lens.Read more at All Together
Another step toward one of the most complex spaceflight missions in history, NASA provided updates on Artemis III and announced crew members for the test flight. Planned to launch in 2027, the mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit. On future missions, including Artemis IV in 2028, [...]
The SWE Research Division has played an integral role the last 10 years supporting the work of the Society in promoting STEM education and careers.Read more at All Together
SWE Past President Dayna Johnson breaks down how the Nominating Directorate builds SWE’s leadership pipeline and encourages SWE members with hiring experience to volunteer and make an impact.Read more at All Together
Photo of the Day What looks as if it is going to swallow the great Pillars of Creation? The Eagle Nebula (M16) is not a bird, a plane, or Superman. M16 is actually a combination of several celestial objects. NGC 6611 is the young star cluster that appears to peak out beneath the Eagle’s [...]
The next chapter of human space exploration is here. Tune in live at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, as NASA reveals the Artemis III crew and shares new mission updates from Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the event on NASA+ or here on YouTube. Artemis III will launch four astronauts from [...]
Photo of the Day What happens to a comet as it leaves our inner Solar System? Now, the arrival of a comet into the inner Solar System is typically heralded with great fanfare and high hopes that the comet will become bright and photogenic. But on the way out, the comet's nucleus is less [...]
Photo of the Day It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the [...]
Photo of the Day Within our own Milky Way galaxy, two bright, spiky stars stand like sentinels in the foreground of this cosmic snapshot. Far beyond them are the galaxies of the Hydra Cluster. In fact, while the spiky foreground stars are hundreds of light-years distant, the Hydra Cluster galaxies are well over 100 [...]
