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==Career==
In the late 1970s, Druyan became the creative director of NASA's [[Voyager Golden Record|Voyager Interstellar Message Project]].<ref name="nasa.gov"/> As creative director, Druyan worked with a team to design a complex message, including music and images, for possible alien civilizations. These golden phonograph records affixed to the ''[[Voyager&nbsp;1]]'' and ''[[Voyager&nbsp;2]]'' spacecraft are now beyond the outermost planets of the [[Solar System]], and ''Voyager&nbsp;1'' has entered interstellar space. Both records have a projected shelf life of one billion years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Voyager The Interstellar Mission The Golden Record |url=http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html |website=NASA JPL |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wall |first1=Mike |title=Voyager 1 Has Left Solar System |url=http://www.space.com/22729-voyager-1-spacecraft-interstellar-space.html |website=Space.com |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>

Druyan's role on the project was discussed on the July 8, 2018, 60 Minutes segment "The Little Spacecraft That Could".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-the-little-spacecraft-that-could/ |title=The little spacecraft that could |website=Cbsnews.com |date=July 8, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> In the segment, Druyan explained her insistence that Chuck Berry's "[[Johnny B. Goode]]" be included on the Golden Record, saying: "...''Johnny B. Goode'', rock and roll, was the music of motion, of moving, getting to someplace you've never been before, and the odds are against you, but you want to go. That was Voyager." The segment also discussed Sagan's suggestion, in 1990, that ''Voyager&nbsp;1'' turn its cameras back towards Earth to take a series of photographs showing the planets of the [[Solar System]]. The shots, showing Earth from a distance of 3.7 billion miles as a small point of bluish light, became the basis for Sagan's famous "[[Pale Blue Dot]]" passage, first published in ''[[Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space]]'' (1994).

During that time, Druyan also co-wrote (with [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Steven Soter]]) the 1980 [[PBS]] [[Documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[Cosmos: A Personal Voyage|Cosmos]]'', hosted by Carl Sagan. The thirteen-part series covered a wide range of scientific subjects, including the [[origin of life]] and a perspective of humans place in the universe. It was highly acclaimed, and became the most widely watched series in the history of American [[public television]] at that time. The series won two [[Emmy Awards|Emmys]] and a [[Peabody Award]], and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people.<ref name =Starchild>{{cite web | url=http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/sagan.html | title=StarChild: Dr. Carl Sagan | publisher=[[NASA]] | access-date=October 8, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sagan_carl.html |title=Carl Sagan |publisher=EMuseum@Minnesota State University |access-date=October 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528213538/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sagan_carl.html |archive-date=May 28, 2010  }}</ref><!-- Retaining two refs here as Wikipedia seems to have incorrectly stated 500 million for years... -->  A [[Cosmos (Sagan book)|book]] was also published to accompany the series. {{As of |2009}}, it is still the most widely watched PBS series in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmolearning.com/documentaries/cosmos/|title=CosmoLearning Astronomy|publisher=CosmoLearning|access-date=October 8, 2009|archive-date=May 29, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529135421/http://www.cosmolearning.com/documentaries/cosmos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several revised versions of the series were later broadcast; one version, telecast after Sagan's death, opens with Druyan paying tribute to her late husband and the impact of ''Cosmos'' over the years.

[[File:Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan in Sydney.JPG|thumb|left| [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] and Ann Druyan in Sydney]]

Druyan wrote and produced the 1987 [[Nova (American TV series)|PBS ''NOVA'']] episode "Confessions of a Weaponeer" on the life of [[President Eisenhower]]'s Science Advisor [[George Kistiakowsky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive Peace, Nuclear Arms|url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/film/display/detail.php?file_num=1707 |website=US Holocaust Memorial Museum |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>

In 2000, Druyan, together with Steve Soter, co-wrote ''Passport to the Universe'', the inaugural planetarium show for the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Natural History Museum's Hayden Planetarium. The attraction is narrated by Tom Hanks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnh.org/content/download/69848/1199020/version/1/file/passport|title=Passport to the Universe PDF program|website=Amnh.org|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201053825/https://www.amnh.org/content/download/69848/1199020/version/1/file/passport|url-status=dead}}</ref> Druyan and Soter also co-wrote ''The Search for Life: Are We Alone'', narrated by Harrison Ford, which also debuted at the Hayden's Rose Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/interview-with-ann-druyan-and-steven-soter/ |title=Interview with Ann Druyan and Steven Soter |date=June 24, 2002 |website=Astrobiology Magazine |access-date=May 6, 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055535/https://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/interview-with-ann-druyan-and-steven-soter/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref>

In 2000, Druyan co-founded Cosmos Studios, Inc, with [[Joseph Firmage]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Release |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=2831 |website=Space Ref |date=September 27, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As CEO of Cosmos Studios, Druyan produces science-based entertainment for all media. In addition to ''[[Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey|Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey]]'', Cosmos Studios has produced ''Cosmic Africa'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Ann |title=Cosmic Africa explores Africa's astronomy |url=http://www.scienceinafrica.com/astronomy/cosmic-africa-explores-africas-astronomy |website=Science in Africa |access-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202129/http://www.scienceinafrica.com/astronomy/cosmic-africa-explores-africas-astronomy |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boyle |first1=Alan |title=Lost Dinosaurs Rediscovered in Egypt |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077283/ns/technology_and_science/t/lost-dinosaurs-rediscovered-egypt/#.V182MuYrJE4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911101409/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077283/ns/technology_and_science/t/lost-dinosaurs-rediscovered-egypt/#.V182MuYrJE4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |website=MSNBC |date=December 5, 2003 |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> and the [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]]-nominated<ref>{{cite web |title=The 25th Annual News and Documentary Award Nominees\ |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_25th_nominations.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_25th_nominations.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |website=Emmy Online |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> documentary ''Cosmic Journey: The Voyager Interstellar Mission and Message''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Release Documentary chronicles the decades-long travels of Voyagers 1 and 2 |url=http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2003/voyager2.htm |website=Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811062754/http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2003/voyager2.htm |archive-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> In 2009, she distributed a series of [[podcasts]] called ''At Home in the Cosmos with Annie Druyan'', in which she described her works, the life of her husband, [[Carl Sagan]], and their marriage.

Druyan is credited, with Carl Sagan, as the co-creator and co-producer of the 1997 feature film ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Contact (1997) – IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/fullcredits |access-date=May 6, 2019}}.</ref>

In 2011, it was announced that Druyan would executive produce, co-write, and be one of the episodic directors for a sequel to ''[[Cosmos: A Personal Voyage]]'', to be called ''[[Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey]]'', which began airing in March 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vergano |first=Dan |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets for science literacy |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/vergano/2012/10/20/neil-degrasse-tyson-sagan/1644383/ |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |access-date=October 29, 2012 |date=October 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/neiltyson/statuses/214467960528572417 |title=neiltyson |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=June 22, 2012}}</ref> Episodes premiered on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and also aired on [[National Geographic Channel]] on the following night.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wallenstein |first=Andrew |title=TCA: Fox aims for repeat-free sked |url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/tca-fox-aims-for-repeat-free-sked-1118040962/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> At the time of its release, Fox gave the series the largest global rollout of a television series ever, debuting it in 180 countries. The premiere episode was shown across nine of Fox's cable properties in addition to the broadcast network in a "roadblock" style premiere. The series went on to become the most-watched series ever for National Geographic Channel International, with at least some part of the 13-episode series watched by 135 million people, including 45 million in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cosmos-draws-biggest-global-audience-ever-for-national-geographic-channel-1201257111/ |title='Cosmos' Draws Biggest Global Audience Ever for National Geographic Channel |last=Kissell |first=Rick |date=July 7, 2014 |website=Variety |access-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref>

In March 2020, a third season of ''Cosmos'', named ''[[Cosmos: Possible Worlds]]'', for which Druyan was executive producer, writer, and director, premiered on [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic]]. Druyan also said: "I very much have season four in mind, and I know what it's going to be. And I even know some of the stories that I want to tell in it."<ref name=Palmer/>

===Writing===
Druyan's first novel, ''A Famous Broken Heart'', was published in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=1985-09-30 |title=The Sagans: Fiction and Fact Back to Back |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/30/style/the-sagans-fiction-and-fact-back-to-back.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Druyan co-wrote six [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestsellers]] with Carl Sagan, including: ''[[Comet (book)|Comet]]'',<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/02/books/best-sellers.html |title = Best Sellers|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = February 2, 1986}}</ref> ''[[Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Sagan and Druyan book)|Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors]]'',<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/books/best-sellers-october-11-1992.html |title = Best Sellers: October 11, 1992|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = October 11, 1992}}</ref> and ''[[The Demon-Haunted World]]''.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/books/best-sellers-june-16-1996.html |title = Best Sellers: June 16, 1996|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = June 16, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/159731/the-demon-haunted-world-by-carl-sagan/9780345409461|title=The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan: 9780345409461 &#124; PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> She is co-author, along with Carl Sagan, [[F. D. Drake]], [[Timothy Ferris]], [[Jon Lomberg]] and [[Linda Salzman Sagan]], of  ''Murmurs Of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record''.<ref>Sagan, Carl. ''Murmurs Of Earth : The Voyager Interstellar Record'' / Carl Sagan [... et al.]. n.p.: New York : Random House, 1978. {{ISBN|0394410475}}.</ref>  She also wrote the updated introduction to Sagan's book ''[[The Cosmic Connection]]'' and the epilogue of ''[[Billions and Billions]]''. She wrote the introduction to, and edited ''[[The Varieties of Scientific Experience]]'', published from Sagan's 1985 [[Gifford lectures]].

In February 2020, Druyan published ''Cosmos: Possible Worlds'',<ref name="Possible Worlds-Amazon">{{cite book |title=Cosmos: Possible Worlds Hardcover – February 25, 2020 |url=https://smile.amazon.com/Cosmos-Possible-Worlds-Ann-Druyan/dp/1426219083/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587165744&sr=8-1 | date=February 25, 2020 |publisher=Amazon | isbn=978-1-4262-1908-5 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417232408/https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Possible-Worlds-Ann-Druyan/dp/1426219083/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587165744&sr=8-1&pldnSite=1 |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> a companion volume to [[Cosmos: Possible Worlds|the television series of the same name]], which premiered in March 2020.<ref name=Palmer>{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Rob |title=Exploring 'Possible Worlds' With Ann Druyan |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/exploring-possible-worlds-with-ann-druyan/ |website=Skepticalinquirer.org |publisher=CFI |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401031822/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/exploring-possible-worlds-with-ann-druyan/ |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |date=March 31, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===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=https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/05/institute-pale-blue-dots-renamed-honor-carl-sagan |newspaper=Cornell Chronicle |access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>