GO FOR LAUNCH!!! Let’s goooooo 🚀🥹 Geology, space camping, and TRL boosts. Heck yeah! To the moon ♾️ (Yes, our ASCAN interviewee groups are watching!!!)

🚨 NASA- HRP IWS (4/7-4/9, 2026) As we gear up for today's #ArtemisII launch window, a friendly reminder that (free + virtual option) registration is still open for the 2026 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop Deets ⤵️ 🧪🔭

Our lovely colleague handcrafted coffee cups for the exp science team 🥹 ℹ️ Made from deep-sea mud + clay collected by the HOV Alvin on our Aleutians, AK Expedition *For several reasons, a small subset of fine-grained samples were unusable, so she transformed them into art Thank you Dr. AW 🫶 🌊🧪

"Hey- new yearbook picture dropped." -Saturn, probably. -- Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) 🔭🧪 #PlanetarySci #JWST

NASA MSL Curiosity rover's 🛞... still rollin'. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Sol 4844 (23.03.2026) via MAHLI 🔭🧪 #PlanetarySci

(Today’s 🏃🏻‍♀️training plan from my 🇳🇴 peeps has an important footnote 🥹) “Gratulerer med Våffeldagen 🧇” If you're seeing this, consider it your sign to start thinking about your waffle toppings. *I’m sticking w/ strawberries + Seterrømme* Kos deg! #InternationalWaffleDay 25.03.2026

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Applications are currently being accepted for Cohort 7 of the Dragonfly Mission’s Guest Investigator Program. Over a two year period, students will be mentored by members of the Dragonfly team for 3.6 months per year on projects relevant to Saturn’s moon Titan.

Notable NASA #Ignition update. Of interest, a phased approach to a collaborative lunar base: Phase 1: Build, Test, Learn Phase 2: Establish Early Infrastructure Phase 3: Enable Long‑Duration Human Presence In today's Presser, Isaacman also mentioned landing astronauts at a 6-mo freq. 🔭🧪

🗣️ Tiny bsky shout out to our NASA-JPL colleague, Mark Wallace! Why? Peep the #ProjectHailMary credits. BRAVO, Martian Friend 👏👏👏

GPR on a Martian delta (Jezero crater)? Yes please. Congrats on the new publication! Always enjoy catching up on new data coming from the Mars2020 mission/ teams. (Shout out to RIMFAX!) (Cardarelli et al., 2026) 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Sending my aloha to O’ahu in the wake of this week’s storms. 🌊 Latest NOAA data for the Wahiawa Dam adjacent to O’ahu’s North Shore:

Heads up, 🌔 Team: NASA may (re)roll-out SLS tomorrow (March 19, 2026) #ArtemisII 🔭🧪

#LPSC 🧵 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 📍The Woodlands, TX, USA (March 16-20, 2026) While I'm not attending, I figured it might be useful to curate the virtual LPSC Town Halls and Plenary Sessions. #PlanetarySci 🔭🧪 #LPSC2026 LPSC schedule:

«(Re)introduction time» Hallo 👋 Welcome to my lil' slice of bsky. Follow along for an assortment of: • Oceanography 🌊 • Geology/ Paleoclimate 🪨📉 • Planetary Science 🔭 (beep boop 🤖) • STEM 🧪 • Sprinkled with adventures (n+1) Research, pubs, travel, et al. (🔗 in bio)

Sending out support to students & colleagues at my alma mater, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Active sho*ter on campus this morning- directly in the middle of campus (Constant Hall area). Heartbreaking 💔 www.wavy.com/news/local-n...

Thank you VAP-A for ~14 yrs of research🫡 Set to reenter this evening (~1945 ET 10.3.2026) 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

“Officially” #BiathlonFamily ~ Tusen takk + danke schön for the 💐~ Past week was a beautiful, unexpected seismic shift in my life- what / a / dream. (Apparently my knowledge of natural v. artificial snow chemistry/ fluid dynamics/ phase diagrams has a real-life applications)

Didn’t realize how much my Wisconsinite soul needed to return to a similar region. Glaciated terrain, white birch trees, 🎿 instead of cars- my heart is so full right now. Oh & the town is filled w athletes for this weekend’s events! Good to be back at a competition- albeit new 🫶 #LakePlacid #IBU

Personal knowledge overlap: Project Hail Mary 🤝 NASA-JPL Realizing Grace + Rocky are essentially a living, fully-functional Science Traceability Matrix (STM) 😅 #DeepSpaceMissionDevelopment #TeamX #PSSS2018

Last month, I visited NASA Kennedy Space Center, SLS/ Orion, + surrounding areas. Planning on visiting #ArtemisII before it launches (after the next rollout)? I put together some tips + photos to assist your planning. And cookie recommendations. You won't be disappointed.

NASA-JPL hosted a panel discussion for #ProjectHailMary So many amaze (🎶) humans in one spot!!! My colleague said Ryan Gosling mentioned, “Voyager was the original Hail Mary” 🥹 (Reminder- Matt Damon visited JPL + the Mars Yard for “The Martian”- which I alsooo missed!) 🧪🚀 #PlanetarySci #STEM

When you 👉finally👈 get to see a colleague in-person. Yep, she kept this safe for >2 yrs! 🥹

NASA-JPL friends- if you were on today’s Town Hall, I’m soooooooo jelly!!!! Fist my bump 🤜🤛 #ProjectHM

"Good night Moon." -SLS NASA's #ArtemisII mission (SLS + Orion transported via Crawler) currently in rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Wednesday, 02/25/2026. Crews will begin troubleshooting shortly after SLS is tucked back in bed. Link for live coverage below #PlanetarySci 🔭🚀🧪

USGS dropped a new mineral infograph Don't forget- #Paralympics run Mar 5-15, 2026 #WinterOlympics2026 🧪🪨

This has been my absolute FAVORITE moment of the 2026 #Olympics. Such a wonderful display of Olympic spirit. Thrilled to see @penaltyloop.bsky.social on BlueSky ⛷️

Today has been a full trip down memory lane. Grateful + proud to have been part of these NASA-JPL teams. I’ll add to @sciencesocks.bsky.social @stim3on.bsky.social et al. posts. Here’s my real-time (albeit world-in-quarantine) M2020 landing day & “7 Minutes of Terror” from 2021: #PlanetarySci 🔭🧪

HAPPY 5-(🌎)YR LANDIVERSARY to our Perseverance Rover 🍰 As a Jezero mapper, seeing the *image* from SkyCrane of M2020 being lowered to the crater surface, will forever be a highlight of my career. CONGRATS to the entire M2020 Team (extra special shoutout to the EDL engineers!) 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Recently had the opportunity to reunite with some fellow NASA ASCAN Interviewees for an up-close tour of KSC + SLS/ Orion on Launch Pad 39B #ArtemisII Putting together some thoughts, but here’s a sneak peek. #PlanetarySci 🔭🧪🚀🌔

Heart of an athlete. Grief. Sorrow. So many heavy moments in these 2026 #Olympics, but I felt this one 🥺 Atle Lie McGrath 🇳🇴 DNFs, walks off the course, + collapses in the snow bank. He lost his grandfather during opening ceremonies. Heartbreaking.

Started #ProjectHailMary when initially released- postponed finishing; didn’t want it to end. Until today. LET ME JUST SAY, We should all be so fortunate to find a friendship like Grace + Rocky 👊🎶 “Be careful,” says Rocky. “You are friend now.” “Thanks,” I say. “You are friend also.” “Thank.” 🥹

NASA Crew-12 targeting Feb 13 0515 liftoff <Hello Friday the 13th> Shout out to Dr. Jessica Meir, Marine Biologist from @scrippsocean.bsky.social Excited to see Андрей Федяев (Crew-6) return, and first flights for Sophie Adenot & Capt. Jack Hathaway (Go Navy!) 🌊🧪 #PlanetarySci

Dear Engineers, y’all are amazing. Bravo Bernoulli ✈️ Caught this absolute unit of a 747 landing at Dulles (IAD). Handling major crosswinds like a champ! Flight # DLH3W Boeing 747-830 arriving from Frankfurt

Superpower? Original: speak all languages fluently (still would be perfection) Revised: I’d want to know the full GEOLOGIC HISTORY of every planet that’s /ever/ existed. All-encompassing- formation, geo/ bio/ chem/ phys, climate, moons, + ending. Bet there’s some crazy stories out there.

“Geologists as Astronauts” (26:00 timestamp) Learn how NASA trains astronauts on Earth for lunar (& future Mars) missions. *Hey NASA- I’d love to help train future astronauts for Mars sedimentology/ geology. Aaand you already have my resume on record in Houston #DreamJob 🤝 🧪🪨🔭 #PlanetarySci

Happy #ArtemisII wet dress day 🚀 On deck: Weather briefing ~0915 ET (currently 35°F/ 2°C; expected high 56°F/ 13°C) Full L-minus/ T-minus list(s) in 🔗 🔭🧪 #PlanetaryScience

NASA #ArtemisII schedule change: Due to weather, the wet dress was shifted to Feb 2. That shifts the earliest launch window to Sunday, Feb 8. 🚀🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Hellllooooo our sweet lil’ Mars robot fam 👋 Your humans are back in contact. MAVEN, come on Buddy!

Happening today 🌊🧪 ACCF Offshore Critical Minerals Forum 📍Washington, D.C. U.S. agencies and industry holding panel discussions with a wealth of information re: offshore [non-energy] minerals- spans both (1) domestic resources + (2) domestic interests in the High Seas.

Just announced 🌊🧪 Upcoming deep-sea surveys in American Samoa (via NOAA contractor, NV5); mobilization ~Feb 2026 Public deliverables include: bathy maps, photo/ video, and biological + geological samples

One of us. One of my own. A Veterans Affairs ICU nurse. He lived up to his oath until his last breath- when a coward took his life. Alex Pretti, we will never forget what you stood for. You were the good in our country 🇺🇸 Thank you for your service. I am utterly disgusted.

Late post for #CTDAppreciationDay 🌊🧪 Our amazing #AT50-37 STEMSEAS students wrangling the CTD on our transit from San Diego, CA to Dutch Harbor, AK. Joust, hook, + reel 🎣

The sun is going bonkers. Hop outside + hunt for those auroras. Check out the current image from KHO in Svalbard 🔭🧪

Highly recommend reading w/ the #Interstellar soundtrack in the background. Scientifically-dense + inspired a new list of my own research ideas. Love applying my paleoclimate knowledge to future climate- on geologic time scales. *Also wrote >75% of my dissertation to this soundtrack, so… 🧪🔭🌊

⏰ RISE + SHINE: Artemis II SLS + Orion roll out day When it comes to roll outs: ✅ Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Watch live below 🔗 🧪 #PlanetarySci

Science 🤝 Art Dr. Rhian Waller, U of Gothenburg-Sweden, on a recent R/V Skagerak expedition in the North Sea. Researching deep-sea, cold-water corals 🪸 Check out the gorgeous coral glass models by Alice Baker. *Rhian was also my R/V Atlantis roomie 🙌 🌊🧪

Excellent opportunity (also, I’d love to attend!) 🧪🌊 🔭 #PlanetarySci

#Crew11 preparing to undock. Fair winds on your 10.5-hr journey home... U.S. west coast splashdown! 🌎 Splashdown (San Diego, CA): Thursday, 1/15 0041 PT/ 0241 CT 🧪

On a meeting today... Trying to relay to our team that a colleague was on the train to NOAA HQ. Could not remember the town name. So I said, with ZERO hesitation: Y'all know, the "Fleetwood Mac" town!? Ah-ha <snaps fingers> = "Silver Spring". Yep, and I have a PhD. Somehow. 😂

Draft NSF Strategic Plan- FY2026–2030 💡Public Comment Period is OPEN Deadline: Jan 27, 2026 at 2359 ET Details, Plan draft, + specific NSF solicitation questions 🧪🌊