Erin Winick - Science Communicator

What did I do in May working as a full-time science communicator?

🌕 This was another Moon focused month because of Astrolab! I’ve been working with the lunar rover company for more than 2 years now, helping share their story of developing their technologies. In May they were officially selected by NASA to be one of the providers of a rover for the Artemis crews. That meant a lot of work preparing for the announcement on social media. Earlier in the month they also had a big announcement about the NASA payloads that will be on their FLIP rover, so I made a bunch of videos and posts for them about that too.

So so excited for Astrolab on these huge milestones this month, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for them.

🤳 Created 12 short form videos for my personal social media accounts. Continued some videos related to Artemis, but also started phasing in some of my typical topics of the ISS, microgravity research and ocean exploration.

🚀 Went to Space Center Houston film two of the Artemis related videos for my personal accounts

🎤 Moderated a panel on space exploration for the Fulbright program during an event they had for their scholars in Houston

✈️ Negotiated a fun speaking opportunity in January 2027

🌊 I did a lot of small things in prep for my upcoming ocean expedition this month from working on a press release to brainstorming the deliverable I will be providing to the Ocean Exploration Trust from my expedition this time.

🐱 Posted a sponsored video with the cat food brand Sheba.

🎥 A brand I worked with in the past reached out about using a video I made for 90 days of paid usage, so I successfully negotiated that agreement.

🛳️ Planned an activity I’ll be doing for STEM summer camp this year.

🦸‍♀️Did an interview for a fun YouTube channel

🛫 Worked with USA Science and Engineering festival on final adjustments to videos about jobs in STEM that started posting this month.

🎞️ I’ve been talking about making a longform video on the history of space as told through pinball machine art forever. I started setting aside time to work on it again! I’m dedicated to carry this project over the finish line this time.

Taking a moment to remember the incredible Sally Ride today on what would have been her 75th birthday. 💙🚀 Happy birthday, Sally! Thank you for inspiring generations of explorers.

CONGRATULATIONS to .space on being selected by NASA today as one of two providers of a crewed lunar rover for the Artemis program! It's been a joy to be a small part of the Astrolab team over the last two years, helping them share their engineering story of developing lunar rovers for the Artemis generation, and I'm so happy to see them selected alongside by NASA today.

The team has grown SO MUCH since I started working with them in April 2024, and its truly been a joy to do everything from shoot video of their rovers as they were tested in person by astronauts at Johnson Space Center, interview their team as FLIP rover flight hardware took shape in the clean room, and of course, take their FLEX rover for a drive.

Huge congratulations to all the companies that received NASA awards today. Next stop, the Moon!

Took my new Space Shuttle hair clip to visit its family at today! 🚀

Clip by (Cheysuli on Etsy)