SWE CEO Advances STEM Workforce Priorities During Washington, D.C., Visit
SWE leaders met with lawmakers and STEM policy partners to champion workforce reentry, education, and opportunities for women in engineering.Read more at All Together
NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th
7 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied [...]
Astronauts Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm and Complete Spacewalk
NASA astronaut Chris Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to swap out a malfunctioning wrist joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm.NASA+ NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:40 p.m. EDT. During the 7-hour, 20-minute spacewalk, Williams and Meir completed their primary objective to [...]
A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA flight test engineer A.J. Jaffe and pilot Nils Larson walk on the ramp before a flight Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The two support the agency’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) project, which aims [...]
La NASA adjudica nuevas misiones científicas para Base Lunar y adelanta nuevas oportunidades
Tres representaciones digitales muestran módulos de aterrizaje lunar comerciales de Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines y Firefly en la Luna. La NASA anunció el 30 de junio que estos módulos de aterrizaje entregarán más investigaciones científicas y demostraciones tecnológicas de la NASA en la superficie lunar para el programa Base Lunar de la agencia.Créditos: Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, [...]
NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities
Three artist renderings depict commercial lunar landers from Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly on the Moon. NASA announced June 30 the landers will deliver more NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to the lunar surface for NASA’s Moon Base Program.Credit: Astrobotic/Intuitive Machines/Firefly Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the [...]
NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations
An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.NASA Notice ID: Coming Soon July, 2026 – Anticipated Synopsis Release [System for Awards Management] NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for [...]
Spacewalkers Continuing Canadarm2 Robotic Arm Repairs
NASA astronaut Chris Williams conducts a spacewalk 260 miles above Earth on June 30, 2026, to repair the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the International Space Station.NASA+ NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir successfully removed the wrist joint that malfunctioned on May 27 during Canadarm2 robotic arm operations. They now are working to install the replacement joint, which was [...]
Starry Chandelier Cluster
ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto This image released on June 26, 2026, features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. Like its namesake, it sparkles with countless lights. However, each ‘lightbulb’ in this chandelier is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer). Globular clusters like [...]
Why I Started Writing About My Work and Why You Should, Too
Software engineer Shravya Boini reflects on why she started leaving a trail for the next engineer, how she found her voice, and why she hopes more women will write. Read more at All Together