Kellie Gerardi is an American popular science communicator, social media influencer, and commercial astronaut who is known for a sub-orbital spaceflight with Virgin Galactic as a payload specialist in 2023. She has worked at Palantir Technologies since 2015, where she is a lead on the company's mission operations team.
Gerardi was among the first 100 women in space. She was also a candidate for the Mars One mission. She is scheduled to lead an all-female sub-orbital spaceflight with Virgin Galactic in 2026. Gerardi is the director of human spaceflight operations for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS).
