The NASA C-20A (Gulfstream III), shown here in a file photo, is an aircraft that has been structurally modified and instrumented by NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., to serve as a versatile, collaborative research platform for the Earth science community and other researchers. NASA/Jim Ross NASA invites media to view a research [...]
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency’s MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community [...]
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater’s floor and river delta, [...]
Learn more about two members of SWE's Women in Government Affinity Group who have expanded the AG's footprint globally. Source
Photo of the Day This was an unusual night. For one thing, the night sky of August 11 and 12, earlier this week, occurred near the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Therefore, meteors streaked across the dark night as small bits cast off from Comet Swift-Tuttle came crashing into the Earth's atmosphere. [...]
Name: Xiaoyi Li Title: Instrument Systems Engineer (ISE) of Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation (VASI) for the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) and Deputy ISE of Comprehensive Auroral Precipitation Experiment (CAPE) instrument for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission Formal Job Classification: Instrument Systems Engineer Organization: Instrument/Payload Systems Engineering Branch, [...]
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Credit: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight [...]
Sharon Hong of Motorola Solutions gives a preview of her WE24 keynote address and shares how engineers can unleash their potential in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
The Moon illuminates a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean as stars glitter in the background above the Earth’s airglow. Tuesday was a light duty day aboard the International Space Station for some of the crewmates as the rest of the orbital residents explored biotechnology and fluid physics while maintaining life support systems. Back on Earth, a new [...]
NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year. As NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis campaign in preparation for future missions to Mars, the agency is seeking ideas from college and university students for evolved supercold, or cryogenic, propellant applications for [...]
