Emily Calandrelli

Emily Calandrelli is best known as the host and co-executive producer of the hit Netflix series "Emily’s Wonder Lab" and to her growing army of followers on social media as “The Space Gal”. Following her recent spaceflight with Blue Origin, Calandrelli is also known as the 100th Woman in Space. Additionally, Calandrelli is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Emmy Nominated Executive Producer and Host of FOX’s "Xploration Outer Space" and was a correspondent on Netflix’s "Bill Nye Saves The World."

Named to Adweek’s “11 Celebrities and Influencers Raising the Bar for Creativity”, Calandrelli is an accomplished writer with seven titles published and three more on the way. Her award-winning chapter book series, “The Ada Lace Adventures”, released a sixth title in October 2023. The third book, “Ada Lace: Take Me to Your Leader”, was part of the initiative from NASA and CASIS, Story Time from Space where the book was launched into space and read by an astronaut aboard the ISS to an audience of kids.

In addition to the Ada Lace titles Calandrelli released her first picture book in 2022 titled “Reach for the Stars” which debuted as the #1 New Release in its category on Amazon. Most recently Calandrelli released “Stay Curious and Keep Exploring”, featuring 50 experiments for the whole family, which debuted in the top-15 on the Publisher’s Weekly Non-Fiction Best Sellers List. A sequel, “Stay Curious and Keep Exploring: Next Level” was just released and debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Prior to her work in science communication, Calandrelli attended West Virginia University, where she received a Bachelors of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, and MIT where she received two Masters of Science degrees, one in Aeronautics and Astronautics and the other in Technology and Policy. Through her work, she wants to make science relatable, easy to understand and more exciting today than ever before in history.