Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026📢 The Brooke Owens Fellowship is now accepting applications! Undergrads should apply by October 4th to join the Class of 2027. 111
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In the aerospace community, we get to work on amazing things, don't we? What an incredible honor it is to partner with NASA JPL as co-developers of three new Mars helicopters for the SkyFall mission! www.avinc.com/2026/08/27/a...avinc.comAV Awarded Contract for Three Autonomous Helicopters in Support of NASA’s SkyFall Mission to Mars - AeroVironmentAV partnering with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to unlock new research capabilities above and below the Martian surface ahead of a planned 2028 launch. ARLINGTON, Va., August 27, 2026 – Aer... 170
Reposted by Will PomerantzWill Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026📢 The @pgsf.bsky.social is now accepting applications! Please spread the word to undergrads who aspire to work in aerospace -- whether that be in the air side or the space side; at a small start up or a well established company; or in an engineering or a non-engineering role. 122
Reposted by Will PomerantzPatti Grace Smith Fellowship @pgsf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026ICYMI - Fellowship Applications are open for the Class of 2027 until October 4th! 🧡🚀 Apply here: www.pgsfellowship.org/apply 021
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026📢 The @pgsf.bsky.social is now accepting applications! Please spread the word to undergrads who aspire to work in aerospace -- whether that be in the air side or the space side; at a small start up or a well established company; or in an engineering or a non-engineering role. 122
Reposted by Will PomerantzHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Séítah from the air - Ingenuity, sol 133 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2manaSL 0366
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Godspeed, ESCAPADE! Congratulations to NASA and its partners, especially Rocket Lab and UC Berkeley. And double congratulations to Blue Origin on and incredible day. That was a heck of a lot of fun. So great to see New Glenn GS1 stick the landing. That is very impressive!! 0100
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Please spread the word to all of the US undergraduates in your network: you have just over a week to complete and submit your application to the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship! pgsfellowship.org 132
Reposted by Will PomerantzGarrett Reisman @astro-g-dogg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025So sorry to see this terrible news. As a rookie astronaut you are randomly assigned officemates when you first show up to NASA and one of them was Marc Garneau. He could not be more kind and helpful. He was an excellent representative of his country and of us all. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...ctvnews.caMarc Garneau, first Canadian in space and former federal minister, dies at 76Marc Garneau has died at the age of 76, according to a statement from his family. He was the first Canadian to go into space and flew on three space shuttle missions. 120027
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025As he completed the first ever US spacewalk on June 3rd, 1965, Ed White said: “I'm coming back in... and it's the saddest moment of my life.” It’s a relatable sentiment for far too many in the US space community right now! 070
Reposted by Will PomerantzKevin Olsen @drksolsen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Read about it here, in PSJ, just out in the winter! doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/... 072
Reposted by Will PomerantzKevin Olsen @drksolsen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Brian Jackson of @boisestate.bsky.social just showed us how he's able to measure wind speed and direction from the tilt of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars in flight! This is fantastic since the wind sensors on the rovers were damaged. Wind has been something we're missing! 🧵 🧪🔭 #planetsci 3315
Reposted by Will PomerantzMathew Owens @mathewjowens.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We're advertising a 3-year postdoc post on long-term solar activity reconstructions, using data from tree rings, ice sheets, sunspots and spacecraft. Closing date: 4 June. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...jobs.reading.ac.ukPost Doctoral Research Assistant in Solar Activity Reconstructions:Whiteknights Reading UK 088
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I've been feeling especially good about my @planetarysociety.bsky.social membership lately. Kudos to @caseydreier.bsky.social, Bill, Jennifer, and the rest of the team for helping bring some sunlight to the inspiring parts and the scary parts of what the future of planetary exploration could be. 181
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Technological capabilities, national priorities, and budget constraints have aligned to make low-cost Mars exploration a major focus of the coming years. Ingenuity showed a way to be bold without breaking the bank. Please read my new OpEd in Space News for more! spacenews.com/where-no-rov...spacenews.comWhere no rover has gone before: how Mars helicopters enable a new era of explorationOne of NASA’s greatest successes of the 21st century thus far came in a very unexpected form: a four-pound helicopter called Ingenuity. Ingenuity created a new Wright Brothers moment when it flew t… 031
Reposted by Will PomerantzGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Via #FireflyAerospace "#BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon! #BGM1" twitter.com/Firefly_Spac... 111024
Reposted by Will PomerantzDutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 13/03/2025Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager images acquired during the Hera mission’s 12 March 2025 gravity-assist flyby of Mars. source: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 14010
Reposted by Will PomerantzPlanetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 12/03/2025#JunoCam: This image of Jupiter was snapped during perijov 70 & was processed by Jackie Branc. Perijov is the point in a spacecraft's orbit that is closest to the planet. 🧪 🔭 Credit: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / @jackiebranc.bsky.social Want to process your own JunoCam images? buff.ly/TxQbD5I 0296
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025At the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference for the first time in 22 years! What fun that my career has circled back around to Mars. If you want to talk Mars helicopters, stop by Row 19b #LPSC2025 0200
Reposted by Will PomerantzScientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025🚨 Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowships are now open! 🚨 With up to $15,000 in funding and 4–5 fellowships available, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and advance your research. ➡️ Apply by 31 July 2025 scar.org/scar-news/20... 11719
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Left: The title slide from the Aug-2006 final presentation of a NASA-commissioned study that I led, which found that a Lunar X PRIZE would spur an industry from which NASA could buy lunar missions and data. Right: A photo taken by Firefly's lander from the surface of the Moon on March 2, 2025. 1151
Reposted by Will PomerantzBob Pappalardo @rpappalardo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025On March 1, the Europa Clipper spacecraft will soar past Mars, using that planet’s gravity to shape its trajectory, sending it first back by Earth, then on toward its 2030 rendezvous with Jupiter. Onward and upward! #Europa #EuropaClipper www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...nasa.govNASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance - NASAThe orbiter bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa will investigate whether the moon is habitable, but it first will get the help of Mars’ gravitational force to get 1186
Reposted by Will PomerantzMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 20/02/2025I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...apple.comApple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård 46077431555
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Four years ago, the Perseverance rover (with the helicopter Ingenuity safely stowed inside it) safely touched down on the surface of Mars. My wife was one of 100s of bad-ass engineers, scientists, technicians, etc who pulled miracles out of hats to make this happen. youtu.be/HHhyznZ2u4E?...youtu.beMars 2020 EDL RemasteredYouTube video by Simeon Schmauß 1234
Reposted by Will PomerantzPenn Engineering @pennengineering.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Congratulations to Sydney Diaz, a sophomore of @meam-penn.bsky.social , and Annie Gao, a sophomore studying Electrical Systems Engineering (ESE), for being selected for the 2025 Brooke Owens Fellows. www.brookeowensfellowship.org/blog/posts/c... 051
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Please join me in giving a warm welcome to the 35 incredible undergraduate students who have earned a Patti Grace Smith Fellowship! 1163
Reposted by Will PomerantzWill Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Looking for a part time position in aerospace or the non-profit sector? @pgsf.bsky.social is hiring a part time Operations Coordinator! Come and join a team with an inspiring mission and a great track record. www.pgsfellowship.org/blog/now-hir... 🧵👇pgsfellowship.orgNow Hiring: Operations Coordinator (Part Time, Remote) — Patti Grace Smith FellowshipAre you excited about helping find and train the next generation of aerospace leaders? We are now hiring a part time Operations Coordinator! Read on for more information about the role and how to appl... 133
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Looking for a part time position in aerospace or the non-profit sector? @pgsf.bsky.social is hiring a part time Operations Coordinator! Come and join a team with an inspiring mission and a great track record. www.pgsfellowship.org/blog/now-hir... 🧵👇pgsfellowship.orgNow Hiring: Operations Coordinator (Part Time, Remote) — Patti Grace Smith FellowshipAre you excited about helping find and train the next generation of aerospace leaders? We are now hiring a part time Operations Coordinator! Read on for more information about the role and how to appl... 133
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I'm getting to my annual traditional a little late, given the chaos of the world right now. Still, I always enjoy doing this. Here's my year in books! Here's what I read, in the order I read it. Thanks to all of the authors for their work -- creating a book is a labor of love! 070
Reposted by Will PomerantzAndy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2024All* of your favorite** planetary scientists on Bluesky, collected into one starter pack for your convenience! Sometimes, we'll even discuss planetary science! Is your favorite planetary scientist missing? Have them DM me to be added. :) 🧪🔭 go.bsky.app/SdZsrfw *OK, many of **plus me 30342148
Reposted by Will PomerantzFranck Marchis @allplanets.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Join the @setiinstitute.bsky.social ! The SETI Institute is accepting applications for the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy from researchers interested in refining and expanding ML-driven pipelines for exoplanet discovery. aas.org/jobregister/...aas.orgDavie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy | American Astronomical Society 093
Reposted by Will PomerantzDinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 15/01/2025Socrates himself famously said, "the uninteresting life is not worth living" shortly before he died. Okay, he actually said "the UNEXAMINED life is not worth living" but I punched it up for him for free qwantz.com/index.php?co... 326463
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 14/01/2025In next few hours (if schedules hold), two different Google Lunar XPRIZE heritage teams will launch their latest robotic lunar landers aboard the same rocket. 1182
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 01/01/2025I am proud of my AeroVironment Mars helicopter team! Along with our friends from NASA JPL and La Cañada Flintridge, we won the Innovation Award for the 2025 Rose Parade with the first flying drone as part of the float (among many other firsts!). 0234
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Very cool, very uncommon job opportunity: apply now to be the (co-) Executive Director or the Director of Operations for the Open Lunar Foundation. If you are an aerospace professional seeking a new opportunity as we roll into a new year, these are excellent jobs www.openlunar.org/blog/hiring-... 120
Reposted by Will PomerantzRob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Great job alert! ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us. Remote OK. Salary range: $95K-$170K. Apply here: boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...boards.greenhouse.ioReporter, ClimateNew York, New York, United States 10601321
Reposted by Will PomerantzGreg Dubos @astroptere.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Another good day of operations on Europa Clipper! And it’s great to know that all science instruments have been turned in successfully at least once! #europa #clipper #jpl #nasa 3263
Reposted by Will PomerantzWilliam Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Russian EVA 63: This was the 272nd ISS spacewalk, the 3rd so far this year, the 2nd for Ovchinin and the 1st for Vagner. Total ISS EVA time now stands at 1,723 hours and 13 minutes, or 71 days 19 hours and 13 minutes; Ovchinin has now logged 13h 18m outside the station in his 2 EVAs (2/2) 184
Reposted by Will PomerantzJamie L. Molaro @spacejammie.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Hey #SciArt folks, you’ve got till the 23rd to submit to the Art of Planetary Science show! This is a great annual event organized by grad students at UofA, which I founded >10 yr ago :) This year's theme is 50 Years of Mystery and Discovery on Mars. You can participate remotely! lpl.arizona.edu/art 13524
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Grateful for @rocketksc.bsky.social’s play-by-play of today’s Russian spacewalk. In addition to my general space nerdiness, My wife is on shift in Mission Control as Flight Director today, so it’s been a great way to keep up with what she’s doing. You’re the best, Bill! 2160
Reposted by Will PomerantzWilliam Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Russian EVA 63 (05:36 ET; 4:12pm EST; 2112 UTC): Ovchinin is the first cosmonaut to "ride" the arm since the appendage was launched in 2021. Ovchinin and fellow spacewalker Ivan Vagner originally planned to relocate an external control panel for the arm, but that task was deferred to a later EVA. 011
Reposted by Will PomerantzEric Berger @sciguyspace.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Nicky Fox told me today that that is indeed the plan, choosing ideas ala carte. 071
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Via Irene Klotz (Av. Week), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he plans to announce the new architecture for Mars Sample Return in early January — presumably only days before leaves office. NASA has had multiple parallel groups, some within NASA and some in industry, studying new architectures. 4246
Reposted by Will PomerantzHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 18/12/2024An InSight of Changes on Mars We caught a glimpse of the retired InSight lander to document the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft’s solar panels that have acquired the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_08... NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars 111826
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Last week, several teammates and I presented an e-poster at the #AGU24 conference highlighting a few of the science capabilities of future Mars helicopters. 📜: agu24.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx... 🧵👇 1101
Reposted by Will PomerantzJim Adams @nasajim.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Here’s something cool announced last week… on Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe will make its fastest (430,000 mph) and closest (3.8 million miles) approach to the Sun! Breaking its own records for speed and closest approach to our star. 073
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Today, our colleagues at @NASA gave an update on the joint @NASAJPL + @aerovironment investigation into Ingenuity's final flight. A thread 🧵 48726
Reposted by Will PomerantzEric Mueller @ericvmueller.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Hello Blueksy! NIST is seeking a motivated scientist to join the Fire Research Division in our efforts to model wildland, wildland-urban interface, and prescribed fires! Please reach out if interested. #postdoc #science #wildfireiafss.orgResearch scientist in wildland fire dynamics modeling - International Association for Fire Safety ScienceLocation: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA Position type: 2-year term Summary: The Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group of the National Institute of Standard... 15134
Reposted by Will PomerantzJames Moore @quarkspin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024media.tenor.coma man and a woman are talking to each other and the man is making a funny face .ALT: a man and a woman are talking to each other and the man is making a funny face . 011
Will Pomerantz @pomerantz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024At this point, 20% of Brooke Owen + Patti Grace Smith Fellowship (volunteer) executives have been to space. I’m starting to like my odds! 😂 180