Garret Fitzpatrick

Welcome! I’m Garret.

I’m an explorer, writer, engineer, innovator, and public speaker. I’m passionate about discovering new worlds of all kinds and helping create a world full of wonder by bringing people and ideas together to explore, serve, create, and inspire.

Currently, I’m the Project Engineer for the next generation Event Horizon Telescope — a virtual, Earth-sized array made up of radio telescopes all over the world that are linked together to observe supermassive black holes. This array produced the first image of a black hole in 2019. Next up: black hole cinema!

Earlier in my career, I spent more than a decade at NASA as a Crew Survival Engineer and Systems Engineer getting people, experiments, and critical systems back and forth between Earth and space.

As a science and travel writer, I’ve been published in MIT Technology Review and Astrobiology Magazine. I’m actively seeking representation for my first book, Liberation of an American Rocket Scientist.

Whether it’s expanding humanity’s presence in space, developing systems to unlock the deepest mysteries of the universe, writing about the meaning of exploration, or pioneering new models of systems-thinking-driven innovation, I believe in living with purpose and integrity, servant leadership, and inspiring people to take on impossible challenges.