Getting ready to go live on nautiluslive.org for the next hour! We’ll be talking expedition updates, at sea careers, paths to Nautilus, and more! Bring your questions!

NASA has a cool competition going on for adults and students to design the zero g indicator that will launch to the Moon aboard Artemis II! This is the Moon Mascot design challenge. Deadline is May 27. Check out all the details here: www.freelancer.com/contest/Moon... NASA's example below:

I'm helping run a STEAM competition for middle and high school girls! The Tech Runway competition challenges students to create an accessory that combines science, style, and technology. Check out more info here, and pass it along to anyone who might be interested: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today I got to see rough cuts of two professional on camera science projects I’ve been working on and coordinated maybe my biggest TV opportunity to date and I’m just over the moon. 🥹 I can’t wait to share with you all.

These videos NASA put out summarizing the research that each space station crew works on during their 6 months to 1 year on board are always my favorites!!! I get so excited seeing all these previously unreleased science clips. youtu.be/qGLi-prnxDE?...

Gotta give a shoutout to my husband @alexknightbooks.bsky.social for his fantasy book launching today, Servant of Rage! ⚔️ We both work from home so I get to see how much work, dedication and care goes into the books he crafts. (And sometimes I even get a midday break to help name a goblin or two)

After talking with @erinwinick.bsky.social I can’t stop thinking about #parabolicflight. Who needs gravity anyway? If you love #STEM and want to learn about #ScienceCommunication, check out episode 42 of #MeditationsWithRyanZlomek to hear about the work Erin is doing with Zero-G tr.ee/F6jKd-HM5Z

It's the 2-year anniversary of documenting my competitive pinball journey in my series, Learning to Flip! In honor of that, I have compiled together all my short-form episodes into one mega Learning to Flip video! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo21...

Episode 42 has landed with @erinwinick.bsky.social sharing her story of mechanical engineer, entrepreneurship, and science communication. Tune in to this weekend episode of #MeditationsWithRyanZlomek for Erin inspiration and a friendly boost of STEM knowledge. tr.ee/F6jKd-HM5Z

My biggest magazine spread ever is out in the 20th anniversary edition of Make Magazine, and it’s on pinball repair! Thank you to Make for allowing me to combine my passions and highlight the Houston pinball community that I’m so proud to be a part of. Read it here: makezine.com/article/home...

Are you a woman entering your first year of an engineering degree in Fall 2025? The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Emerging First Year Scholars scholarship applications are now open! A large part of my engineering degree was funded by SWE, so I highly recommend applying! swe.org/scholarships/

“Call me, beep me, if ya wanna reach me!” I used to be an avid cosplayer and just got a reminder from Facebook that 10 years ago today, @alexknightbooks.bsky.social and I wore one of my favorite cosplays: Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable!

One of my favorite events is my monthly business lunch with @erinwinick.bsky.social. It’s an essential (and delicious) part of living in a household where we’re both self-employed.

Years ago I wrote my dream book with my husband, @alexknightbooks.bsky.social. It’s a middle grade adventure featuring kids transported to a science world, and learning STEM superpowers to rescue their grandma. We worked hard to make it fun and accessible. But sadly we’ve never found it a home.

I have a few long form articles I worked really hard on in 2024 that I’m pumped are going to be in some rad magazines this year! One will be my longest piece I’ve written for Make Magazine and I can’t wait for you all to read it. It heads to print this week!

I love space robots, so I have to introduce you to some of the first robotic residents of the International Space Station. Meet the SPHERES, launched to station in 2006, to help with a number of microgravity research studies.

The @esa.int Gaia satellite will take its final scientific measurements on Wednesday. 🔭 This will conclude a 12 year series of continuous observations. Larger Gaia data releases are still in progress, but Gaia has already had a HUGE impact on our understanding of the #milkyway. (Image: ESA)

It’s official, I have qualified for the Texas Women’s State Pinball Championship!!!🥳🎉

Alright, how did I do with my 2024 goals? ✅ Complete my 1st ocean expedition ✅ Catch up with family I missed while at sea 🔲Qualify for Women’s State Pinball Championships (I’ll find out the answer to this on Jan 5!) ✅ Travel for a pinball tournament for the first time Continued 👇

Watched a lovely little hummingbird nature documentary with my family today! It’s incredible the science stories you can find in one person’s backyard. Highly recommend checking it out. youtu.be/g02Ss3xgABc?...

Happy Holidays everyone! ✨ I hope your holiday season is filled with clear skies for stargazing and great people to share it with.

Them: Let me guess, you sent out your holiday cards using space stamps, right? 🔭🪐 Me: Well, actually, I’m a nerd in many different ways. 🧝‍♀️🐉🧙 (And also have a husband that writes fantasy books for a living)

Reminder that USPS still stocks JWST and OSIRIS-REx stamps if you want to add some spacey vibes to your last minute holiday cards! JWST: store.usps.com/store/produc... OSIRIS-REx: store.usps.com/store/produc...

Y’all, I’m trying not to jinx it, but I’m going to say it anyway. I think with a pinball tournament win yesterday, I’m going to qualify for the Texas State Women’s Pinball Championships! Winner goes to the national competition. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Today is BIG editing day. Editing a bunch of video for one of my space clients in the morning, and editing a ton of scripts for a large science scripting writing project for an educational company in the afternoon. And if I have time, I’ll edit some content for my personal social media accounts!

The Nature Conservancy is hiring a Video Producer as well as a Head of Creative Content: careers.nature.org/psc/tnccaree... 🧪 #scicomm

Today's cool family pictures from space history: Pictures taken by my Aunt Jenny on July 5, 1982 of Space Shuttle Challenger arriving in Cape Canaveral aboard the NASA 905 plane!

Pretty down about the impending TikTok ban. A lot of what my career has become is thanks to me jumping on that platform in February 2020 to make science and engineering videos. I learned about videography, telling stories and developing a community. As a creator and consumer I owe a lot to TikTok.

I would absolutely rather talk about astrophysics than health — partly because it’s where my expertise lies and partly because it’s more fun — but as a human person with a frustratingly biological existence (and friends and family who are also humans) it’s real hard to just ignore this dire stuff

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary from when I boarded the JOIDES Resolution to start 2 months at sea for science! So I think that deserves a photo dump from the experience.

Modern pinball machine manufacturers: We need a big cool license like Jaws or John Wick, tons of flashing lights and complex rules. Old pinball machine manufacturers: We made a machine inspired by a river boat. Enjoy.

So my favorite space robots now HAVE ARMS! The Astrobees, Honey Bumble and Queen have been on the space station for years now, and I think these robots lose a bit more on the cuteness scale and increase on the scary scale with their large arms. But they’ve been given them for good reason.

Notre Dame has officially reopened. In a new article for Engineering.com, I dove into how a complex computer model of the original building was assembled and used in everything from planning construction to improving the lighting inside the cathedral. Read here: www.engineering.com/the-comeback...

*pew pew* 👩‍🚀 🚀

I’m managing a big scicomm project that is allowing me to give opportunities to a number of other science communicators and I’m super excited! This was one of my goals with starting my company and it’s a joy to see it come together.

My 2024 Pinball Wrapped dropped on the same day as Spotify Wrapped! What a coincidence. 👀 Here's to another great year of meeting new friends, playing great games, and learning to flip.

On National 3D Printing Day I've released my newest collaboration with Space Center Houston, a 3D printable space ornament! The model is available for free download on the Space Center Houston website so you can 3D print your own at home. Download it here: spacecenter.org/the-engineer...

In 2025 I’m going all in on women’s sports. I’ve watched some before, but I’m going to pick a PWHL team to cheer for, get tickets to a Houston Dash game, cheer on Abbi Pulling as she moves up the racing ranks from F1 Academy, and watch whatever Ilona Maher plays in next! Can’t wait!

The bad news: My husband now gets motion sick on some theme park rides The good news: He now takes pictures and video of me riding the rides 😂

So I discovered Balatro. And it has taken over my life. 👀🃏

This time last year I was doing final prep to leave for my scientific ocean expedition!!! I can’t believe it’s almost the 1 year anniversary of us leaving port in Amsterdam. 🌊

Taking a stab at trying to get SDCC tickets for the first time! Let's see what happens.

Was no one going to tell me that my favorite space robot got ARMS?! Might need to make a video about this next week...

She did it!!!!

Today, the 100th woman flies to space!👩‍🚀 God speed Emily Calandrelli! We’re all rooting for you and your Blue Origin NS28 crew. I’ve been so impressed how she made this trip happen, and all of the thought she has put into how this launch can make the biggest impact. I can’t wait to watch her fly!

Because I was looking up details about how hair floats in microgravity, I learned that a study of hair follicles in space shows they actually experience genetic changes in microgravity for some astronauts, potentially impacting hair growth!

In actual microgravity, no wig filled with wire is required! That Halloween was 5 YEARS AGO now! 😱 So many things had to happen to get from that Halloween costume at NASA to flying in that parabolic flight. I’m so thankful for the science-filled journey that has taken me to where I am now.

Putting your initials in a pinball machine is the best feeling!

This was a super fun podcast to record! Combining my two loves: space and pinball.

Since I’m new over here, had to drop the sequence of photos by the amazing @cosmicrosie.bsky.social that my profile picture is from! They were from the Reinvented Magazine STEM fashion show that I emceed earlier this year.