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===Work in science=== Druyan is a fellow of the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry|Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal]] (CSICOP).<ref>{{cite web |title=CSI Fellows and Staff |url=http://www.csicop.org/about/csi_fellows_and_staff |website=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> Druyan served as program director of the first solar-sail deep-space mission, [[Cosmos 1]], launched on a Russian ICBM in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Mat |title=Press Release Cosmos 1, The World's First Solar Sail Spacecraft, Achieves Critical Milestone |url=http://www.planetary.org/press-room/releases/2004/0811_Cosmos_1_The_Worlds_First_Solar_Sail.html |website=The Planetary Society |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> Druyan is involved in multiple [[Breakthrough Initiatives]]. With [[Frank Drake]], Druyan is the co-chair of [[Breakthrough Message]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakthrough Initiatives Message Leaders |url=https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/?controller=Page&action=page&page_id=21 |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> and also a member of [[Breakthrough Starshot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/?controller=Page&action=page&page_id=13|title=Breakthrough Initiatives|website=Breakthroughinitiatives.org|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> She is a member of the advisory board of The [[Carl Sagan Institute]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glaser |first1=Linda B. |title=Institute for Pale Blue Dots renamed in honor of Carl Sagan |url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/05/institute-pale-blue-dots-renamed-honor-carl-sagan |newspaper=Cornell Chronicle |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>
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