An Astronaut for NASA is one of the most coveted Federal jobs- take a look inside the corps Jessica Watkins, NASA Astronaut candidate. Born in Gaithersburg, MD            There are no age requirements to become an astronaut for NASA, but ... Read More

NASA’s NEOWISE Program hunts down asteroids and has been doing so for more than a decade No-Cost Webinars for Federal Employees December will mark the 12-year anniversary of NASA’s NEOWISE Program, which is the acronym used to describe a mission ... Read More

History was made with the first powered flight of an aircraft on another planet, plus Elon Musk’s Space-X Wins Big Contract to take Men to the Moon No-Cost Webinars for Federal Employees Ingenuity Makes First Flight on Mars The Perseverance ... Read More

President Biden named former head of NOAA to lead environment role at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Webinars for Federal Employees The position formerly titled “Head of Energy and Environment” was given to Jane Lubchenco, who led ... Read More

If confirmed, Bill Nelson will lead the country’s space agency. While certainly qualified, criticism of the pick stems from the fact that Biden could’ve picked the first woman to ever assume the lead role at NASA. Bill Nelson began his ... Read More

As three spacecraft arrive from the US, China, and the Middle East- NASA’s Rover, Perseverance, is the first to land on Mars. First photo from Perseverance^ Man’s 3 Current Mars Missions The first successful flyby of Mars that was performed ... Read More

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company was awarded the contract to launch the SPHEREx mission in June 2024 Thomas Zurbuchen, an associate administrator for NASA said in 2019 that the SPHEREx mission will provide “an unprecedented galactic map of the Universe.” On ... Read More

Katherine Johnson, Famous Fed, was featured in the 2016 Movie “Hidden Figures” Being that the month of February is black history month, we’re observing the occasions by highlighting one of the more famous African-American Federal employees, Katherine Johnson. Featured in ... Read More

Accompanied by 2 Russian Cosmonauts, Kate Rubins makes her second trip to the ISS, continuing a historic career as a scientist. On October 14th, three people were launched into space from Kazakhstan- NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins along with two Russian ... Read More

Serving Those Who Serve‘s Quarterly Newsletter- October 2020 In the Q3 Newsletter: The TSP & the Election by Jennifer Meyer, STWS Advisor From the FEDZONE, Ed’s article on Estate Planning Also, an article from the Coach’s Corner by Bob Oberleitner ... Read More