Honor Our Founders by Doubling Your Gift
Learn more about SWE's oldest living president, Patricia Brown, and how you can honor her legacy and the legacy of SWE's founders. Source
Fresh Food Delivery for Space Station
You’re allowed to play with your food when you’re on the International Space Station!NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left), Jessica Meir (middle left), and Chris Williams (bottom right), and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (top right) have some fun with food and microgravity in this April 19, 2026, photo. Northrop Grumman’s [...]
SWE Northwest Italy Affiliate Explores Career Paths Beyond Technical Roles
Read about the collaborative event that brought together women engineers for a day of inspiring discussion. Source
Introducing SWENext Innovation Expo and Celebration at WE26 in Boston
Meet the new flagship event of SWE’s precollege programming this November. Source
NASA, SpaceX Target May 15 for Resupply Mission Launch
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo spacecraft atop stands at its launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida moments after mission teams stood down from Wednesday’s launch opportunity.NASA+ NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday, May 15, for the launch [...]
SpaceX Dragon Counts Down to Launch and Resupply Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands in a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, May 11, 2026, in preparation for launch to the International Space Station.SpaceX Live launch coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s [...]
NGC 188: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog
Photo of the Day The New General Catalog of star clusters and nebulae really isn't so new. In fact, it was published in 1888 - an effort by J. L. E. Dreyer to consolidate the work of astronomers William, Caroline, and John Herschel along with others into a useful single, complete catalog of astronomical [...]
NASA-Supported Space Tech Advances Earthly Construction
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Branch’s work outfitting a prototype of a lunar surface habitat they developed, pictured here, under a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center, helped the company evolve its printing processes.Credit: Branch Technology Inc. An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting [...]
Rise Goes to Washington
NASA/Joel Kowsky “Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak with congressional staff, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a [...]
Crew Preps for Dragon Arrival and Keeps Up Research, Maintenance
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir conducts a biotechnology investigation to observe how tiny, engineered materials that mimic DNA behave in microgravity. Doctors on Earth will use the research data to learn how to improve and develop future treatments, or nano-therapies, that target cancer cells more precisely.NASA/Jessica Meir A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo [...]