Making the Most of Your SWE Membership: Member Offers and Discounts
Explore the many SWE member benefits that support your life inside and outside of engineering, from technology discounts to travel savings. Source
New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
2 min read New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse On April 8, 2024, volunteers participating in NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie citizen science project all around the United States hurried to photograph the solar eclipse with the latest, greatest equipment, capturing groundbreaking images of the Sun’s corona. Now, the Eclipse [...]
First Motion Set for Artemis II Rollback
The sun sets on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 31, 2026.NASA/Sam Lott NASA is targeting approximately 9 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 25, to begin rolling the SLS (Space Launch [...]
Crew Packs Dragon for Thursday Departure, Keeps Up Human Research
The sun begins setting above Earth’s atmospheric glow blanketing a cloudy Atlantic Ocean. In the foreground, are a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft (lower left) and a set of the orbital outpost’s solar arrays (right).JAXA/Kimiya Yui The Expedition 74 crew will finalize the packing of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as it nears its departure later this week. [...]
Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere
ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, P. Tiranti, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by its tilted magnetic field. Getting a look at the structure of the region where the atmosphere interacts strongly with [...]
Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life
Groundbreaking “camera-on-a-chip” technology that was originally developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used daily by people worldwide. Eric Fossum (in the center of the front row) and the team that invented the CMOS image sensor on site [...]
Advancing SWE’s Mission Through Federal Infrastructure Policy: A Look Into SWE’s Federal Bill Tracker
Two Public Policy Affinity Group members share insights on how Federal infrastructure decisions can have long-term impacts on engineering practice and career pathways, and why engagement at the federal level matters for the future of infrastructure and STEM. Source
NASA Targets Artemis II Rollback on Wednesday
A side view shows NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, [...]
Expedition 74 Relaxes on Monday Following Busy Weekend
iss074e0225549 (Jan. 6, 2026) — The city lights of Türkiye sparkle 261 miles below the International Space Station in this photograph from a window aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft taken at approximately 9:24 p.m. local time. In the foreground, is a set of the orbital outpost’s main solar arrays (left) and another SpaceX Dragon spacecraft [...]
Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra
7 Min Read Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. HD 61005 in X-ray, infrared, and optical light, unlabeled.X-ray: NASA/CXC/John Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: [...]