Emily Calandrelli
Emily Calandrelli, known as The Space Gal, makes science approachable through TV, books and family experiments, and became the 100th woman to fly to space.
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Known for
- Emily’s Wonder Lab2020 · Host and co-executive producer
Netflix - Xploration Outer Space2014 · Host; later executive producer
FOX - Stay Curious and Keep Exploring: Next Level2024 · Author
Chronicle Books - Simon & SchusterAda Lace, on the Case2017 · Author, with Tamson Weston
- Reach for the Stars2022 · Author
Henry Holt
Overview
- Also known as
- The Space Gal
- Hometown
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- Education
- Mechanical and aerospace engineering at WVU; graduate degrees in aeronautics and astronautics, and technology and policy at MIT
- TV beginnings
- Xploration Outer Space, 2014
- Spaceflight
- Blue Origin NS-28, November 22, 2024
Mini bio
How it started.
Emily grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia, and studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University before earning two master’s degrees at MIT. Her early experience included NASA internships. Engineering also gave her a taste of weightlessness through a college parabolic-flight program.
Finding her audience.
She began hosting Xploration Outer Space in 2014, becoming the first American woman to solo-host a nationally broadcast science series. She later worked as a correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World. Emily’s Wonder Lab arrived on Netflix in August 2020, bringing experiments that children and their families could try at home.
Science you can join in with.
Her work carries that curiosity into children’s books and Emily’s Science Lab on YouTube. The Ada Lace Adventures blend science with mysteries, while the Stay Curious books invite families to experiment together. She also speaks about science communication, space exploration and women in STEM.
Taking the next step.
On November 22, 2024, she flew on Blue Origin’s NS-28 suborbital mission and became the 100th woman to reach space. She has continued sharing the experience in interviews and public appearances alongside her science education work.
Creditschronological, newest first
Film & TV
- 2026Iron Man and His Awesome FriendsVoice of Astronaut Amy
- 2020Emily’s Wonder LabHost and co-executive producer
- 2017Bill Nye Saves the WorldField correspondent
- 2014Xploration Outer SpaceHost; later executive producer
Books
- 2024Stay Curious and Keep Exploring: Next LevelAuthor
- 2022Reach for the StarsAuthor; illustrated by Honee Jang
- 2017Ada Lace, on the CaseAuthor, with Tamson Weston; illustrated by Renée Kurilla
Awards
Quotes
I feel fear, I feel it, and then I do it anyway.Emily Calandrelli, Planetary Radio
In her January 8, 2025 interview, Emily described feeling afraid before and during her spaceflight.
Trivia
- She filmed Emily’s Wonder Lab while nine months pregnant.
- The third Ada Lace book traveled to the International Space Station through Story Time from Space.
- The NS-28 mission patch represents her with pink coloring and a girl in her signature pink overalls.
- She took a picture of the 99 women who had reached space before her on her own flight.
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