Will Pomerantz
@pomerantz.bsky.social
Head of Space at AeroVironment - my team makes Mars helicopters. Co-Founder, Brooke Owens Fellowship and Patti Grace Fellowship. Former planetary scientist. Husband, Dad, and Den Leader
Godspeed, 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!!
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!!
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Godspeed, 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!!
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!!
Please 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
pgsfellowship.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Please 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
pgsfellowship.org
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So 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...
Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space and former federal minister, dies at 76
Marc 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.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So 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...
As 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!
It’s a relatable sentiment for far too many in the US space community right now!
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As 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!
It’s a relatable sentiment for far too many in the US space community right now!
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Read about it here, in PSJ, just out in the winter!
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Read about it here, in PSJ, just out in the winter!
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
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Brian 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
🧪🔭 #planetsci
May 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Brian 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
🧪🔭 #planetsci
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We'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.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Post Doctoral Research Assistant in Solar Activity Reconstructions:Whiteknights Reading UK
jobs.reading.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We'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.uk/Job/JobDetai...
I'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.
April 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'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.
Technological 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...
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...
Where no rover has gone before: how Mars helicopters enable a new era of exploration
One 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…
spacenews.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Technological 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...
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...
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Via #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...
March 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Via #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...
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Martian 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...
source: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
March 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Martian 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...
source: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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#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
Credit: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / @jackiebranc.bsky.social
Want to process your own JunoCam images? buff.ly/TxQbD5I
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#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
Credit: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / @jackiebranc.bsky.social
Want to process your own JunoCam images? buff.ly/TxQbD5I
At 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
March 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
At 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
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🚨 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...
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...
March 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🚨 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...
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...
Left: 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.
Right: A photo taken by Firefly's lander from the surface of the Moon on March 2, 2025.
March 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Left: 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.
Right: A photo taken by Firefly's lander from the surface of the Moon on March 2, 2025.
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On 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...
www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance - NASA
The 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
www.nasa.gov
February 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
On 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...
www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...
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I 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’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I 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...
Four 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.be/HHhyznZ2u4E?...
Mars 2020 EDL Remastered
YouTube video by Simeon Schmauß
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February 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Four 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.be/HHhyznZ2u4E?...
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Congratulations 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...
February 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Congratulations 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...
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to the 35 incredible undergraduate students who have earned a Patti Grace Smith Fellowship!
February 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to the 35 incredible undergraduate students who have earned a Patti Grace Smith Fellowship!
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Looking 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.
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Now Hiring: Operations Coordinator (Part Time, Remote) — Patti Grace Smith Fellowship
Are 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...
www.pgsfellowship.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Looking 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...
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www.pgsfellowship.org/blog/now-hir...
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Looking 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...
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www.pgsfellowship.org/blog/now-hir...
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Now Hiring: Operations Coordinator (Part Time, Remote) — Patti Grace Smith Fellowship
Are 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...
www.pgsfellowship.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Looking 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...
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www.pgsfellowship.org/blog/now-hir...
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I'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!
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!
January 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'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!
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!
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All* 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
Is your favorite planetary scientist missing? Have them DM me to be added. :) 🧪🔭
go.bsky.app/SdZsrfw
*OK, many of
**plus me
September 5, 2024 at 1:04 AM
All* 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
Is your favorite planetary scientist missing? Have them DM me to be added. :) 🧪🔭
go.bsky.app/SdZsrfw
*OK, many of
**plus me
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Join 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/...
Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy | American Astronomical Society
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January 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Join 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/...