Top 60 Space Influencers in 2026

1. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bio Your Personal Astrophysicist and host of @StarTalk.Posting images and occasional videos of possible artistic or scientific interest. Instagram Handle @neildegrassetyson + Follow Instagram Followers 2.8M Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Space Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Christina Hammock Koch

Bio NASA Astronaut on the Artemis II mission around the Moon. Lived and worked on the International Space Station. Instagram Handle @astro_christina + Follow Instagram Followers 2.1M Follower Growth (2mo) +374% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bio Science, pop culture & comedy collide on StarTalk w/astrophysicist @NeildeGrasseTyson, co-hosts & guests. Keep Looking Up! ✨ *****@startalkradio.net Instagram Handle @startalk + Follow Instagram Followers 1.5M Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Emily Calandrelli

Bio 🧑🏼‍🚀100th Woman in Space 🚀MIT Aerospace engineer + Emmy-nominated TV host✍🏻#1 NYTimes Best Selling Author▶️ Emily's Science Lab on YouTube *****@emilycalandrelli.com Instagram Handle @thespacegal + Follow Instagram Followers 1.5M Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Kellie Gerardi

Bio Research Astronaut & Payload SpecialistTIME100 Creator & USAToday Woman of the YearBiz: *****@gmail.comSpace Baby due April thanks to IVF✨ Instagram Handle @kelliegerardi + Follow Instagram Followers 1.4M Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Alexandra

Bio 🛸for earthlings and aliens 💫Space news & facts! 💌Biz: *****@gmail.com📍Atlanta, GA Instagram Handle @astro.alexandra + Follow Instagram Followers 1.4M Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Kobi Brown

Bio I love space!management: *****@night.co Instagram Handle @astrokobi + Follow Instagram Followers 1.3M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Alyssa Carson

Bio Astrobiologist 🛸PhD Candidate 🤓Aquanaut 🥽IIAS Science Researcher 🥼 Instagram Handle @nasablueberry + Follow Instagram Followers 544.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Jessica Meir

Bio NASA Astronaut. Scientist. Mother. Explorer. Nature lover. Currently living on-board the @iss supporting Expeditions 74 and 75. Instagram Handle @astro_jessica + Follow Instagram Followers 541.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +59% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Victor Glover

Bio Regular Person, @USNavy Captain, and @NASA Astronaut. Work on Earth, Lived @Space_Station, Piloted Crew-1 & Artemis II to the moon & back - for All! Instagram Handle @astrovicglover + Follow Instagram Followers 537.3K Follower Growth (2mo) +362% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Katya Echazarreta

Bio First Mexican-born woman in Space🇲🇽Helping people understand space, science, and technology + why it mattersFounder @fund_espacial *****@whalartalent.com Instagram Handle @katvoltage + Follow Instagram Followers 415.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Hayley Arceneaux

Bio Youngest American orbital astronaut ⭐️ PA, keynote speaker, author, traveler💌 *****@bep-la.com Instagram Handle @hayleyarc + Follow Instagram Followers 365.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +12% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Kirsten Banks

Bio Come for the space ✨ Stay for the fun! 🤩Wiradjuri Astrophysicist & Science Communicator@indigenousliteracyfoundation ambassador 📚 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @astrokirsten + Follow Instagram Followers 201.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Chris Cassidy

Bio Former NASA Astronaut, U.S. Navy SEAL and President & CEO of the @mohmuseum Proud Husband and Father *****@mohmuseum.org Instagram Handle @astro_seal + Follow Instagram Followers 186.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Don Pettit

Bio NASA Astronaut. Photographer. Scientist. Inventor. Instagram Handle @astro_pettit + Follow Instagram Followers 178.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Camille Elizabeth

Bio 🛰️ Space engineer ➡️ tech storyteller☀️ Chief Marketing Officer @starcatcherind🚀 Space tech, business, & policypartnerships: *****@smoothmedia.co Instagram Handle @thegalacticgal + Follow Instagram Followers 162.3K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Athena Brensberger

Bio Astronomer | SciComm 💫Discover the night sky 🔭find the cosmos within you B.S., Astronomy & Planetary Science 🪐💌 *****@astroathens.com Instagram Handle @astroathens + Follow Instagram Followers 151K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Danny Tio

Bio 📍MUC 🇩🇪🚀 Space | Humor | Vintage Fashion🎓 @aetudelft '24DM for collaborations. Instagram Handle @galactic.greaser + Follow Instagram Followers 121.6K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Lauren-Ann Graham

Bio Not an official NASA accountViews are my own👩‍🚀Aspiring Astronaut👩‍🔧Orion Test Engineer 🚀|FIT Aerospace BS | Mechanical MS|🤿OW Cert *****@my.fit.edu Instagram Handle @nasa.lag + Follow Instagram Followers 112.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Joan Marie

Bio 🚀: Engineer, Speaker, Advocate 👩🏽‍🔬: Space + STEM + Motivation 🇵🇷: I help curious students break into STEM & Space💻: (Not an official NASA account) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yourfemaleengineer + Follow Instagram Followers 111.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Zena Cardman

Bio @nasa Astronaut, Group XXII 🐢 Back on Earth after @iss Expeditions 73-74 Instagram Handle @zenanaut + Follow Instagram Followers 95.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +19% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Raja Chari

Instagram Handle @astro_raja + Follow Instagram Followers 93.4K Follower Growth (2mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Amy Shira Teitel

Bio Historian and author with a focus on science, technology, and a lot of space. And yes, I’m the one on those Science Channel shows! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @amyshirateitel + Follow Instagram Followers 92.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Karen Nyberg

Bio Textile artist & quilter inspired by family & the beauty of Earth. Retired career astronaut, PhD ME.Proud mom, trail runner, and Labrador wrangler. *****@hipsettergroup.com Instagram Handle @astrokarenn + Follow Instagram Followers 89K Follower Growth (2mo) +12% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Anil Menon

Bio 👩🏽‍🚀 NASA Astronaut preparing for a launch on 14 July 2026☄️ I’m an astronaut by trade and doctor by heart. I love helping people and Space Medicine Instagram Handle @astro_anil + Follow Instagram Followers 81.9K Follower Growth (2mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Katelyn Gunderson

Bio 👩🏼‍🚀 On a mission to empower #WomeninSTEM🚀 Former NASA Engineer/Aircrew🛩 Test Pilot School graduate @theNTPS🏃🏽‍♀️ 26.2 x 10, BQ x 5🏅3:18 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @theplanekate + Follow Instagram Followers 81.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Woody Hoburg

Bio NASA astronaut 🐢 Instagram Handle @astro.woody + Follow Instagram Followers 74.9K Follower Growth (2mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. Ned Oliveira

Bio NOTÍCIAS DO ESPAÇO: Ciência / Astronomia / Astronáutica 99% Divulgação Científica mas aquele 1% Eu. *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @nedoliveira1 + Follow Instagram Followers 72.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Erin Winick Anthony

Bio 🔬Founder, @steampowermedia🚀Space and Science Communicator | BS Mech Engineering | PinballerFormerly @NASA MIT📧*****@gmail.com📍Houston, TX Instagram Handle @erinwinick + Follow Instagram Followers 70K Follower Growth (2mo) +33% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Ambre Rose Trujillo

Bio 🚀 🪐 Space Science & Human Spaceflight Communicator + Writer + Producer + HostI like to ask questions. Comms for @planetarysociety *views are my own *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ambre_rosario + Follow Instagram Followers 67.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +29% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Mike Massimino

Bio Former @NASA Astronaut, @ColumbiaEngineering Prof, Sr Advisor for Space Programs @IntrepidMuseum, NY Times Bestselling Author of #Spaceman *****@columbia.edu Instagram Handle @astromikemassimino + Follow Instagram Followers 57.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Jack Fischer

Bio Former USAF Officer, test pilot & astronaut - hoping to pass along my passion for space & the Air Force I love - I dare you to dream! Views are my own Instagram Handle @astro2fish + Follow Instagram Followers 57K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Jeanette Epps

Bio Aerospace Engineer, NASA Astronaut, Aquanaut, CAVES2019 Instagram Handle @jeanette.epps + Follow Instagram Followers 53.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Sarafina El-Badry Nance

Bio Astrophysics Ph.D. → aerospace TPMAuthor of STARSTRUCK 🧿🇪🇬 BRCA2+, @si_swimsuit, @forbesunder30 *****@sarafina-nance.com Instagram Handle @starstrickensf + Follow Instagram Followers 43.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Marc

Bio All images are taken by myself Instagram Handle @astronomical_horizon + Follow Instagram Followers 31.4K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Kevin M. Gill

Bio Software engineer, data wrangler at @nasajpl. Martian photographer with the Mars Curiosity Rover engineering cameras. Processes space mission images. Instagram Handle @apoapsys + Follow Instagram Followers 26.7K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

37. Kevin J DeBruin

Bio I’m a Space Expert & Doer of Many Things💫 🛰 NASA Rocket Scientist (fmr) | Aerospace Engineer🏆 Emmy-Nominated Host & Producer🪐 Founder @_spaceclass *****@kevinjdebruin.com Instagram Handle @kevinjdebruin + Follow Instagram Followers 21.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Jay

Bio I love space 🪐🛰⭐️🌔🚀On Twitter(X) as @JPMajor *****@me.com Instagram Handle @jpmajor + Follow Instagram Followers 16.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Zaida Hernandez

Bio 🚀 sharing space + STEM opportunities🎓 first gen motivation & career tips🛰️ engineer | author | speaker 🇸🇻🇺🇸📚 books + more info ↓ (opinions my own) Instagram Handle @thespacelatina + Follow Instagram Followers 16.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Chris Birch

Bio @NASA Astronaut 🪰Scientist, athlete, engineerTraining to explore off-planet Instagram Handle @astro_birch + Follow Instagram Followers 15K Follower Growth (2mo) +34% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Dylan Taylor

Bio Chairman & CEO Voyager Technologies, Commercial Astronaut, Founder Space for Humanity *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dylantaylorspace + Follow Instagram Followers 13.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Sophia Gad-Nasr

Bio Cosmology & Astroparticle Theory PhD | Science Communicator & Advisor | Hamsters, Squirrels, Space ✨️ 🇵🇱✡️🇪🇬 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @astropartigirl + Follow Instagram Followers 11.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Niamh Shaw

Bio 👩🏻‍🚀Earth & Space explorer📇 Writer & passionate sharer of Science stories🧭 Fellow @the_explorers_club 🚀 ESA Champion🪐 Speaker & Communicator *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dr_niamh_shaw + Follow Instagram Followers 7.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +16% Type Nano Gender Female Social FacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTube Podcast Get Email Learn More

44. Mack Crawford

Bio Artist, software engineer. Occasional illustrator for NASASpaceflight.com, previously for Blue Origin, Nanoracks, Voyager Space, UMich, Argotec SRL Instagram Handle @brickmackspace + Follow Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

45. Jasmin Moghbeli

Bio Mommy. Marine Attack Helicopter Pilot. Test Pilot. NASA Astronaut. Excited to share my journey! Instagram Handle @astrojaws + Follow Instagram Followers 419.3K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Doug Hurley

Bio Father and husband. Astronaut. Pilot, STS-127 & STS-135. Commander NASA/SpaceX DM-2. ISS Expedition 63. Congressional Space Medal of Honor. *****@hipsettergroup.com Instagram Handle @astro.doug + Follow Instagram Followers 256.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Kayla Barron

Bio @nasa Astronaut, Group XXII 🐢. @usnavy Submarine Warfare Officer. Instagram Handle @astro_kayla + Follow Instagram Followers 123.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

48. Paolo Nespoli

Bio Astronaut, European Space Agency (ret ) 🛰Aerospace Engineer 🚀Keynote Speaker 📣Astrophotographer 📸Space and Science addicted 🔭🔬🧬 *****@astropaolo.space Instagram Handle @astro_paolo + Follow Instagram Followers 114.1K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

49. Ariana

Bio 🎀: Aerospace EngineerUpcoming Science & Tech🧬🔬💘: my digital diary | Travel📧: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @astronautariana + Follow Instagram Followers 54.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Bailey Burns

Bio 🚀Just a girl trying to get to space Instagram Handle @ninjaneergirl + Follow Instagram Followers 6.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Jeremy Hansen

Bio @canadianspaceagency astronaut. Artemis II crewmember. / Astronaute de l’@agencespatialecanadienne. Membre de l’équipage d’Artemis II. 🚀 Instagram Handle @AstroJeremy + Follow Instagram Followers 553.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +391% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact