Debi Tomek

Geeky rocket scientist and NASA Senior Executive. Building your future in space. NASA owns me but tweets are all me.

[Canadian Space Agency @csa_asc]

CSA astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen has helped shape a new chapter in Canadian space exploration. As he will embark on new professional opportunities this fall, we thank him for inspiring Canadians and strengthening Canada's place in the future of space.

https://t.co/67EHjVAJ0N

[NASA Science @NASAScience_]

We're just getting started!

American ingenuity is on full display as a first‑of‑its‑kind mission is now underway to meet, capture, and boost NASA’s Swift observatory before it slips too low in Earth orbit.

[NASA Events @NASA_Events]

The Artemis II crew is coming to the Great American State Fair! 🚀

@Astro_Reid, @AstroVicGlover, @Astro_Christina, and @Astro_Jeremy will take the Freedom Stage on July 4 at 2pm ET. Don’t miss your chance to hear from the astronauts who recently flew around the Moon!

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

@andrewulrich @spikebrehm @wingod @jgebbia I’m thrilled this will make a difference for retirees moving forward. It’s a huge accomplishment no doubt.

[Astrobotic @astrobotic]

Two Peregrines, heading to the Moon in 2028!
🚀Read more about the missions:
https://t.co/zhT5Ix8tVu

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

@spikebrehm @wingod @jgebbia So full digitization of this process only helps those going forward and not the excruciatingly massive back log of retirement applications still moving through the mine.

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

She and the amazing team she quietly built over the years made SpaceX who they are today.

[ApoStructura @ApoStructura]

If she wasn’t working for Elon Gwynne Shotwell would be hailed as an incredible success story and the most powerful woman in aerospace.

Instead it’s radio silence from the media

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Whatever one thinks about the financial wisdom of investing in the SpaceX IPO, or its impact on Mars dreams, I am fucking thrilled for employees who have busted their asses for a quarter of a century. They deserve this, and will inject further money and momentum into new space.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family.

What happened next honestly caught me off guard.

By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway.

For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes.

I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name.

But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten.

After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too.

Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen.

This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for.

And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

[Joe_S_Pure🩸 @Joe_S_Pure]

2.3 lbs but heavier than the world for those it is handed to 🫡🇺🇸

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

@JacobRubashkin Gotta be tourists booking Founding Farmers. It’s the Applebees of DC.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

saw a post saying we are so emotionally invested in the artemis ii mission because it shows intelligent people working together to do difficult things. and honestly, that resonates. it feels like a reminder of what is still possible

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: They are coming home.

Watch as the Artemis II crew returns to Earth, splashing down at around 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11). https://t.co/n3vZE2rcFv

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

@acoyne The world should really get to know more of NASA then - because what you see in that crew is what it’s like to work there. A large workforce, with all our human flaws, striving together towards something bigger than ourselves. That bond and commitment you see is the real deal.

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

The image felt around the world…

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

NASA is the best of America, what America used to be: professional, science-based, dedicated to excellence, idealistic, and dazzlingly ambitious. May America one day recover its NASA soul.

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

Gives new meaning to “I love you to the Moon and back”.

[Jenny Hautmann @JennyHPhoto]

The Artemis II crew named a lunar crater after Commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll. What a beautiful and touching moment.

I'm not crying, you're crying 🤧

[Debi Tomek @spacegirly]

Do.not.miss.this 🌕 💫

[NASA @NASA]

Tired: Monday
Wired: Moonday

Today our Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon! Tune in, starting at 1pm ET (1700 UTC) as they view parts of the Moon never seen by human eyes.

Watch it live with us: https://t.co/fAg0bGAqEc