Max Fagin
@maxfagin.bsky.social
Aerospace engineer, pilot & astronomer. Astrodynamics, space systems and ISRU/space resources at Blue Origin. Formerly Purdue, NASA, SpaceX and Made In Space. 🌎🌖🔴☄️
Opinions my own, but call me out if I'm an asshole about them. The 🦜 is Beetlejuice.
Opinions my own, but call me out if I'm an asshole about them. The 🦜 is Beetlejuice.
Max Faget, NASA design engineer on Mercury, Gemini, Apollo *and* Shuttle.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Max Faget, NASA design engineer on Mercury, Gemini, Apollo *and* Shuttle.
Bolide in the sky on the drive back from Portland!
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bolide in the sky on the drive back from Portland!
Good design is redesign.
That said, if this design could hurry up and converge already, my scrap part bin would really appreciate it.
That said, if this design could hurry up and converge already, my scrap part bin would really appreciate it.
August 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Good design is redesign.
That said, if this design could hurry up and converge already, my scrap part bin would really appreciate it.
That said, if this design could hurry up and converge already, my scrap part bin would really appreciate it.
Space folks: You should see #Elio! The world needs more movies that teach good lessons about friendship, family, and the importance of redundant distributed Space Domain Awareness capabilities for orbital debris mitigation.
June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Space folks: You should see #Elio! The world needs more movies that teach good lessons about friendship, family, and the importance of redundant distributed Space Domain Awareness capabilities for orbital debris mitigation.
In Southern California, and the heat has reached Flat Squirrel levels.
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
In Southern California, and the heat has reached Flat Squirrel levels.
3D Printable Coordinate Axes. For when you need to illustrate spacecraft dynamics and sever the limbs of your enemies.
www.printables.com/model/131135...
www.printables.com/model/131135...
May 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
3D Printable Coordinate Axes. For when you need to illustrate spacecraft dynamics and sever the limbs of your enemies.
www.printables.com/model/131135...
www.printables.com/model/131135...
Now, behold, I am become Max: Router of my foes, and also 4' x 4' plastic sheets for a project I can't wait to share with everyone.
May 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Now, behold, I am become Max: Router of my foes, and also 4' x 4' plastic sheets for a project I can't wait to share with everyone.
3D printed dinosaur parts for a friend. Actual dinosaur for scale.
April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
3D printed dinosaur parts for a friend. Actual dinosaur for scale.
Passover is a joyus celebration of freedom and family coupled with terrible food. I'm glad that my juidaism permits a family brunch of bacon, steak, egg and toast skillets before we "enjoy" the gafilta fish and dry matzah.
April 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Passover is a joyus celebration of freedom and family coupled with terrible food. I'm glad that my juidaism permits a family brunch of bacon, steak, egg and toast skillets before we "enjoy" the gafilta fish and dry matzah.
Growing up in Colorado Springs, I didn't consider this kind of weather shift to be weird at all.
But now that I'm back... yeah. This is weird and fascinating.
(Photos taken 24 hours apart)
But now that I'm back... yeah. This is weird and fascinating.
(Photos taken 24 hours apart)
April 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Growing up in Colorado Springs, I didn't consider this kind of weather shift to be weird at all.
But now that I'm back... yeah. This is weird and fascinating.
(Photos taken 24 hours apart)
But now that I'm back... yeah. This is weird and fascinating.
(Photos taken 24 hours apart)
"I can flyyyyyy... Oh wait"
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"I can flyyyyyy... Oh wait"
Hello NASA JSC! I am at you for the next 3 days. Anyone I know here want to grab lunch?
March 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hello NASA JSC! I am at you for the next 3 days. Anyone I know here want to grab lunch?
I derive some measurable wonder from the fact that we inhabit a world where part of a pre-travel checklist can be "Make sure the robots are set up to keep building things and cleaning the home until you get back"
March 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I derive some measurable wonder from the fact that we inhabit a world where part of a pre-travel checklist can be "Make sure the robots are set up to keep building things and cleaning the home until you get back"
I won the pi day pi recitation contest at work today, and for reasons that I will leave it to future historians to puzzle out, it's thanks to @tylerboschert.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I won the pi day pi recitation contest at work today, and for reasons that I will leave it to future historians to puzzle out, it's thanks to @tylerboschert.bsky.social
Hey folks. I know the world is pretty rough right now, but Beetlejuice has just fallen asleep in my arms. Could we keep it down a bit? For his sake?
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hey folks. I know the world is pretty rough right now, but Beetlejuice has just fallen asleep in my arms. Could we keep it down a bit? For his sake?
An Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Tiny Little Mt. Rainiery.
1:500000 scale
1:500000 scale
February 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
An Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Tiny Little Mt. Rainiery.
1:500000 scale
1:500000 scale
Truly few things in the universe more hope inducing than kids with QUESTIONS about SPACE!
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Truly few things in the universe more hope inducing than kids with QUESTIONS about SPACE!
4 days back on @vassar.bsky.social campus to speak to sophomores about how science careers can work at a liberal arts institution. 4 photos of my 4 favorite places on campus
- Vassar Observatory
- Sanders Physics
- The Library
- Shiva Theater
- Vassar Observatory
- Sanders Physics
- The Library
- Shiva Theater
January 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
4 days back on @vassar.bsky.social campus to speak to sophomores about how science careers can work at a liberal arts institution. 4 photos of my 4 favorite places on campus
- Vassar Observatory
- Sanders Physics
- The Library
- Shiva Theater
- Vassar Observatory
- Sanders Physics
- The Library
- Shiva Theater
No words. Because my voice is gone. Which tends to happen when you are sharing a room with a thousand people, all cheering as years of their hard work on New Glenn pays off in a few minutes.
Well done you amazing humans. I am proud to be on your team. The moon feels a little closer tonight.
Well done you amazing humans. I am proud to be on your team. The moon feels a little closer tonight.
January 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
No words. Because my voice is gone. Which tends to happen when you are sharing a room with a thousand people, all cheering as years of their hard work on New Glenn pays off in a few minutes.
Well done you amazing humans. I am proud to be on your team. The moon feels a little closer tonight.
Well done you amazing humans. I am proud to be on your team. The moon feels a little closer tonight.
Congrats are overdue to Suni Willaims, who 3 days ago, became the 2nd most experienced US astronaut!
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Congrats are overdue to Suni Willaims, who 3 days ago, became the 2nd most experienced US astronaut!
My colleague informs me that today is #NationalBirdDay. Unsolicited photos of space burb by Burbige Crater on the moon.
January 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My colleague informs me that today is #NationalBirdDay. Unsolicited photos of space burb by Burbige Crater on the moon.
Tsiolkovsky: "Look, it's perfectly simple..."
January 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tsiolkovsky: "Look, it's perfectly simple..."