The six-month mission includes astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos. Mogensen will conduct more than 30 experiments for the ESA during the mission divided into three pillars: climate, health and space for Earth. He will also collaborate with team members on experiments for other space agencies.

She has taken part in three space missions as a NASA astronaut, spending a combined 42 days in space during that time.

A nearly 30-year career in the U.S. military as an engineer and pilot that spanned World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War interrupted this Texas Engineer's education and his ability to walk with fellow graduates. But at this year's Cockrell School Commencement Ceremony, Griffith is being honored for his military service and his commitment to education, despite all the obstacles that got in the way.

This was the advice to the next generation of students from the panelists at the Cockrell School of Engineering's third annual Black Alumni Panel. The conversation, titled Celebrating Black Excellence, between chemical engineering and aerospace engineering alumni who both ended up in Information Technology shows how different careers can turn out from the plans they made as students.