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Artemis II Orion Lift to Vac Chamber

By |2024-11-18T19:09:22-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A massive crane lifts NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moves it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The altitude chamber simulates deep space vacuum [...]

Artemis II Orion Lift to Vac Chamber

By |2024-11-18T19:09:21-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A massive crane lifts NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moves it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The altitude chamber simulates deep space vacuum [...]

Artemis II Orion Lift to Vac Chamber

By |2024-11-18T19:09:20-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A massive crane lifts NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moves it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The altitude chamber simulates deep space vacuum [...]

Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula

By |2024-11-18T08:09:10-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds. The heat they generate evaporates the dark molecular dust as well as [...]

LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity

By |2024-11-17T08:09:25-05:00November 17th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What is the cause of this unusual parabolic structure? This illuminated cavity, known as LDN 1471, was created by a newly forming star, seen as the bright source at the peak of the parabola. This protostar is experiencing a stellar outflow which is then interacting with the surrounding material in [...]

SWE Pune Affiliate: Exciting Highlights from “WOW That’s Engineering!” STEM Event

By |2024-11-15T10:53:00-05:00November 15th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Forty high school girls engaged in hands-on projects and learned about career opportunities in engineering at this inspiring outreach event in Pune, India.

SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 288: CHIPS Act Update With Dr. Laurie E. Locascio of the U.S. Department of Commerce

By |2024-11-14T10:56:00-05:00November 14th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Learn about the implementation of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act and its workforce development initiatives in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast!

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Executive Director Attends Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring NASA’s Hidden Figures

By |2024-11-14T08:47:00-05:00November 14th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

The 2024 event recognized women who served as computer scientists, mathematicians, and engineers for their service in advancing America’s space exploration efforts.

The Weight of Responsibility: The Obligation of a First-Generation College Graduate to Uplift Others

By |2024-11-13T09:31:00-05:00November 13th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Each month throughout the year, we spotlight a different SWE Affinity Group. In this post from the First-Generation Students and Professionals AG, Mariel Cisneros reflects on her experience as a first-generation graduate and engineer.

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