How Mariel Cisneros Turned Her Childhood Dreams Into an Engineering Career
Senior program manager Mariel Cisneros overcame doubt, imposter syndrome, and Calculus II to build the future of aerospace. Source
MESSENGER’s Last Day on Mercury
Photo of the Day The first to orbit inner planet Mercury, the MESSENGER spacecraft came to rest on this region of Mercury's surface on April 30, 2015. Constructed from MESSENGER image and laser altimeter data, the projected scene looks north over the northeastern rim of the broad, lava filled Shakespeare basin. The large, 48 [...]
A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico
Photo of the Day Sometimes, the sky itself seems to smile. A few days ago, visible over much of the world, an unusual superposition of our Moon with the planets Venus and Saturn created just such an iconic facial expression. Specifically, a crescent Moon appeared to make a happy face on the night sky [...]
Saturn’s Rings Appear to Disappear
Photo of the Day Where are Saturn's ears? Galileo is credited, in 1610, as the first person to see Saturn's rings. Testing out Lipperhey's recently co-invented telescope, Galileo did not know what they were and so called them "ears". The mystery deepened in 1612, when Saturn's ears mysteriously disappeared. Today we know exactly what [...]
Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles
Photo of the Day This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds alongside the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster, it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about [...]
Community Colleges and SWE: A Celebration of Reciprocity
As part of their spotlight month, the Community Colleges Affinity Group explores the importance of community colleges to SWE and beyond. Source
Campus to Corporate Event Empowers Future Leaders
Read about the collaborative International Women's Day event between SWE, Rockwell Automation, and Rockwell Automation Supporting Women in Engineering (RASWE) India that empowered college students and prepared them for success. Source
Igniting STEM Passion in Young Girls With GE Aerospace and SWE Queretaro City Affiliate
Read all about the collaborative event between the SWE Queretaro City Affiliate and GE Aerospace that welcomed 40 young girls into an inspiring exploration of STEM careers. Source
Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows
Photo of the Day What's different about this Moon? It's the terminators. In the featured image, you can't directly see any terminator -- the line that divides the light of day from the dark of night. That's because the featured image is a digital composite of many near-terminator lunar strips over a full Moon. [...]
Coverage of the Launch of SpaceX CRS-32 Dragon Cargo Vehicle to the ISS
Coverage of the Launch of the SpaceX CRS-32 Dragon Cargo Vehicle to the International Space Station.