"You can't be what you can't see."
Astronaut Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space
Inspiring & educating the next generation of leaders in STEM, empowering trailblazing Rocket Women globally
Rocket Women aims to empower diverse young women and gender minorities to choose a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), so that we can improve the current percentage of female science & engineering talent globally and ensure that the vital technological solutions that we create in the world today are both built by and represent society as a whole. Let’s build a world of the future with everyone at the table.
Young women aren’t just poised to change the world – they hold the potential to lead and make a difference in the world today.
Now, more than ever, we need 100% of the talent available to solve the really hard problems we’re facing in the world today.
Recent stories
Learn more about our amazing Rocket Women by exploring their features below.
Creating Space with Morgan Stanley – Designing An Inclusive Spacesuit For Everyone Read More » Virgin Galactic to Launch Rocket Women Sirisha Bandla & Beth Moses to Space Read More » Raising Orbit x Rocket Women: Smiti Maini Dhami, Spacecraft Operations Engineer Read More »
View from the edge of space from the Croydon High School Astrogazers Club’s high altitude meteorological balloon Bell-Burnell payload (Credit: Bell-Burnell payload, Astrogazers, Croydon High School) A dedicated group of girls at Croydon High School, led by Physics teacher and King’s College London alumna Arabi Karteepan, embarked on a remarkable journey to become the first …
Members of the Chandrayaan-3 ISRO team celebrating the successful soft landing of the spacecraft on the Moon In 2009, India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, the country’s first lunar mission, detected water on the Moon concentrated at its poles. On Wednesday 23rd August 2023, India made history by becoming the first country to successfully land a spacecraft in …
Rocket Women Founder, Vinita Marwaha Madill, wearing The Access I concept spacesuit, an inclusive design created by Vinita and spacesuit experts. Image credit: Morgan Stanley At Rocket Women, we believe that the space industry is for everyone. Which is why we are SO EXCITED to announce Creating Space by Morgan Stanley! We’ve been honoured to …
Rocket Women Sirisha Bandla & Beth Moses will be flying to space alongside Virgin Galactic Founder Sir. Richard Branson on the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic flight as Astronaut 004 & Astronaut 002! Sirisha and Beth will be two of the five astronauts launching to space onboard Virgin Galactic’s ‘VSS Unity’ spacecraft on the Unity …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnC-gvggVZw&t=63s At Rocket Women, we’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Raising Orbit to bring you an exciting series of inspirational video interviews with trailblazing women in space! This month we’re delighted to feature Smiti Maini Dhami, a Spacecraft Operations Engineer at Telespazio Germany GmbH for EUMETSAT. By Dharani Thangavelu On September 24th 2014 India …
by Sue Kaur “Find strength in you to counteract everything negative that pulls you down, and go forward.” Prologue: I first met Chiara Manfletti on the 5th of September, 2019, during the opening ceremony of the Master of Space Studies 2020 (MSS20) program at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. Chiara, an alumna of …
Welcome to a new series of monthly wellness posts on Rocket Women called ‘On My Mind’ by Rikhi Roy. I will be covering my thoughts on wellness tools for personal and professional success as gender-minorities in STEM. This month I’ll be unpacking the ‘Fear of Success’ episodes on Haley Hoffman-Smith’s ‘Big Conversations’ podcast, Dr. Gay …
by Mansi Joshi Rocket Women were thrilled to have the chance to talk to Dr. Sonali Mohapatra about her research in quantum technologies for space, how she was inspired to pursue her academic path and the piece of advice that she would give to herself if she could go back in time! What do you …
Dare Mighty Things – Rachael Dress & T-Shirt [Svaha USA] When you visit Svaha’s website you might be drawn to their ode to NASA Perseverance – a ‘Dare Mighty Things’ parachute pocket-dress or perhaps, their ‘Constellations Glow in the Dark’ pocket-dress or even just the fact that their dresses have pockets at all. Quite shockingly, …
Support our scholarship
Rocket Women have launched a line of apparel designed by Marka Design with proceeds supporting a scholarship for women in science & engineering!
Through our Rocket Women apparel, we aim to empower women globally and create a supportive diverse community of Rocket Women, whilst also helping to ensure that every woman has the opportunity to achieve their goals in STEM through our scholarship.
Join Our Rocket Women Global Community
Hear the stories of inspirational Rocket Women, learn about our global Rocket Women events, along with scholarship and job opportunities directly to your inbox!