Introducing WE Local Detroit 2023 Keynote Speakers
Introducing the keynote speakers for the WE Local Detroit conference. Source
Introducing WE Local Keynotes: Hartford 2023
Introducing our keynotes for this year's WE Local Events. Source
Aspiring SWEet Resolutions
In this post pandemic, virtual intensive world, we know it is important that SWE chapters and groups connect across multiple social media and virtual platforms. Source
NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars.
NASA to Launch New Mars Sample Receiving Project Office at Johnson
NASA announced Thursday its new Mars Sample Receiving Project office, responsible for receiving and curating the first samples returned from the Red Planet, will be located at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The safe and rapid release of Mars samples after they return to Earth to laboratories worldwide for science investigations will [...]
Montana Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut on Space Station
Students from the Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Ronan, Montana, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 12 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 25, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and [...]
NASA, Boeing Teams Achieve Milestone Ahead of Crewed Flight
From left, Starliner Flight Crew Integration Manager Tony Ceccacci, and NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams participate in a mission rehearsal at Boeing’s Avionics and Software Integration Lab in Houston. Photo credit: Boeing/Steven SiceloffNASA and Boeing recently completed a full start to finish integrated mission dress rehearsal for the company’s CST-100 [...]
NASA Observes Day of Remembrance Ahead of Columbia 20th Anniversary
The agency will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, leading up to, and during, the agency's annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Jan. 26. This year’s NASA Day of Remembrance precedes the [...]
Meet the SWE Early Career Professionals Affinity Group
The mission of the Early Career Professionals Affinity Group is to aid in the recruitment and development of early career professionals, and to facilitate their engagement with and participation in the Society. Source
117th Congress Approves Gigantic Spending Bill—and SWE Priorities—as One of its Last Acts
In the final days of the 117th Congress, lawmakers approved a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will fund the federal government for what remains of fiscal year (FY) 2023. The 1700-page bill will spend $1.7 trillion–including $800 billion in non-defense funding and $858 billion in defense funding. A number of the Society of Women Engineers’... [...]