The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) was featured on the CBS series “Mission Unstoppable”! Watch the segment here where Tayah introduces her family members to industrial engineering via a marshmallow tower building competition. Source
Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. Photo credit: NASA/Bill StaffordNASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 22, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space [...]
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore emerge from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, as part of an integrated crew exercise simulation for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT). Photo credit: NASA/Isaac WatsonNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch [...]
The 118th U.S. Congress is entering its second half. What has it done? What’s left for 2024? Source
SWE's African American Affinity Group has planned meetings and activities throughout Black History Month 2024. Source
Credits: NASATeams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program have completed the next series of integrated ground systems testing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Jan. 25, the high-speed film and high-speed digital cameras on the mobile launcher and Launch Pad 39B were successfully tested at the spaceport ahead of the Artemis [...]
Congratulations to the SWENexters who received a FY24 SWENext WE Local Award! Source
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew ship is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on the International Space Station as the orbitng complex flew 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexican state of Nayarit. Photo credit: NASANASA and Boeing teams are preparing for a flight test no earlier than mid-April [...]
Hear the stories of two women engineers who have found unique ways to navigate imposter syndrome, stress and burnout in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
Carrying NASA science and technology, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander continues on a trajectory toward Earth and is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday about 4 p.m. EST. To ensure a controlled, safe re-entry, Astrobotic in coordination with NASA and other government agencies, changed the spacecraft’s projected re-entry location to a remote area of [...]
