West Virginia Native Known As ⁘The Space Gal⁘ Is Going To Space

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ⁘ Popular television host, best-selling author and Morgantown native Emily Calandrelli, a.k.a The Space Gal will soon be undertaking a mission into space herself.

The future flight will be on Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle and will take place at its Launch Site One in West Texas.

New Shepard flies six passengers at a time, following a similar flight trajectory as the first American to go to space, Alan Shepard.

So far the privately-owned space company has successfully transported seven humans to space, including aerospace legends Wally Funk and Ed Dwight.

Calandrelli is an engineer, an Emmy-nominated TV host, and a #1 NYTimes best-selling author known as The Space Gal that holds a platform of followers nearly 3 million strong. She uses her platform to educate kids about science and space-related topics.

After Calandrelli became the first American woman to be the sole host of the nationally-broadcasted series known as Xploration Outer Space, she said she is now ready to become the first West Virginian woman in space.

⁘When you see these rocket launches, you see someone like Jeff Bezos going to space and it can feel sort of like a joy ride I guess, but for someone like myself, I'm a woman in engineering, I'm a woman in STEM, I make up a very small percentage,⁘ Calandrelli said.

Calandrelli said people, especially women in Appalachia much less really need some more positive media representation.