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Carol Craig

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sidus Space

Search every verified Carol Craig interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Carol Craig, founder, president, and CEO of Sidus Space, participated in an SSPI-WISE conversation with Lyn Chassagne on October 15, 2026, discussing her career path and leadership approach. Craig described her entry into naval aviation as "accidental," stemming from her engineering background and early interest in science fiction, and noted that she was among the first women eligible to fly U.S. Navy combat aircraft. She reflected on the challenges of maintaining confidence despite external skepticism, saying she still feels "knocked back" by certain comments or treatment despite her experience. During the discussion, Craig also addressed business strategy, stating that she continues to favor services models because they require less capital expenditure. She recounted that early advice to focus on a single niche was "the best advice I ignored," explaining that a broader approach helped her company survive economic downturns such as the 2008 recession and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent appearances

  • Ready to Lead: Carol Craig on Risk, Resilience and Making Your Own Path

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 SSPIVideo

    Carol Craig did not set out to become a naval aviator, launch a company, take a space company public, or spend her career navigating one rapidly changing industry after another. Her path kept changing, and she learned how to change with it.  In this SSPI-WISE conversation, Carol joins Lyn Chassagne to talk about the experiences that shaped her approach to leadership, from becoming one of the first women eligible to fly in U.S. Navy combat aircraft to founding Craig Technologies and building Sidus Space.  Their conversation explores L1[resilience in the face of unexpected change, learning whe…

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  • Sidus Space Q2 2026 Earnings Call | Cash Position Hits $166.5M as Net Loss Narrows 15%

    August 18, 2026 · 📺 i101

    Sidus Space Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Twitter - https://x.com/i101yt If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual General Meeting If you want us to remove your company's earn…

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  • Expert space engineer Carol Craig builds a 2 billion dollar company and leads the Artemis 2 era!

    April 30, 2026 · 📺 M-powerTV

    🚀 You do NOT want to miss this episode of M-Power TV! In this powerful and inspiring interview, we sit down with Carol Craig — a true trailblazer in aerospace, defense, and leadership. As the visionary behind Craig Technologies and Sidus Space, Carol shares her incredible journey from military aviation to building a company that is helping shape the future of space exploration. 🌕 With involvement in groundbreaking missions like Artemis II, this conversation goes beyond business — it’s about courage, resilience, and daring to dream bigger than ever before. From “Top Gun”–level intensity to vi…

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  • Sidus Space Q2 2025 Earnings Call

    August 17, 2025 · 📺 E for Earnings

    Sidus Space Q2 2025 Earnings Call. Q2 2025 Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | Quarterly ...

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  • Sidus Space, Inc. (SIDU) Q1 2025 Earnings – Full Coverage

    May 20, 2025 · 📺 Fyfull

    *Sidus Space, Inc. (SIDU) Q1 2025 Earnings – Full Coverage* *Key Highlights:* *Financials* – Q1 2025 revenue $0.238M (-77% YoY), gross loss $1.6M (vs. $0.084M profit Q1 2024), net loss $6.4M (vs. $3.8M), adjusted EBITDA loss $4.7M; cash $11.7M, no debt. *Operations* – Launched LizzieSat-3, advancing micro-constellation; demonstrated FeatherEdge Gen 2; expanded Orlais AI ecosystem and VPX single-board computer for dual-use applications. *Strategy* – CEO Carol Craig emphasized commercialization of data-as-a-service, multi-domain solutions (space, air, sea), and partnerships (Lone Star, Re…

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  • EP 1: Carol Craig | EVONA Origin Stories Space Podcast

    January 27, 2025 · 📺 EVONA Space

    Kicking off our show with a bang! Carol Craig is an incredible example of an inspirational figure affecting change and leading the way for all women in the space sector.  Craig is one of the first women to ever lead a space business to go public and one of the first women to fly combat in the US Navy before turning into an inspirational 'astropreneur'. Our hosts Tom and Chloe talk to Carol about her incredible career, her tactics for getting into the space sector, her ability to turn every difficult circumstance into success to launch her own business and what her acronym MTSUAYGA mean…

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  • Space Exploration – Carol Craig, Sidus Space – ENSCO INSIGHTS Podcast #3

    January 06, 2025 · 📺 ENSCO, Inc.

    ENSCO INSIGHTS delves into space exploration, emphasizing the significance of vision and infrastructure for starting a space business. Carol Craig, founder of Sidus Space, discusses her background, unique funding strategies, and operational efficiencies. The upcoming LizzieSat-2 satellite and its missions are highlighted, along with the importance of manufacturing infrastructure and international partnerships. Craig shares her vision for growth and the role of Sidus Space in commercializing space technologies. Learn about ENSCO Aerospace: https://www.ensco.com/aerospace

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  • $SIDU Sidus Space Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call

    September 10, 2024 · 📺 EARNMOAR

    08/19/2024 Q&A: n/a Sidus Space, Inc., a space-as-a-service company, engages in the design, manufacture, launch, and data collection of commercial satellite worldwide. Its space services include satellite/space hardware manufacturing; Low Earth Orbit (LEO) launch and deployment services; and space-based geospatial intel, imagery, and data analytics. The company also provides platforms, such as External Flight Test Platform (EFTP) which offers multiple industries to develop, test, and fly experiments, hardware, materials, and advanced electronics on the ISS at a reduced cost and schedule; Lizzi…

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  • From Military Veteran To Nasdaq CEO: Inspiring Journey Of Aerospace Entrepreneur Carol Craig

    June 20, 2023 · 📺 American Entrepreneurship Today

    Entrepreneur Carol Craig, Founder and CEO of Sidus Space, is a trailblazing figure in the U.S. aerospace and defense sectors. Craig stands as a representative of leading innovation, emphasizing the role of women-led enterprises in global technology. Under her leadership, Sidus Space has pioneered "Space Access Re-imagined®," using an integrated facility on Florida’s Space Coast to advance satellite technology and AI-driven data solutions. Beyond her technical achievements, Craig is a dedicated advocate for STEM education and inclusive leadership. A U.S. military veteran and engineer, she lead…

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  • Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU)

    June 07, 2023 · 📺 Emerging Growth Conference

    Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, operates from a 35000-square-foot manufacturing, assembly, ...

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  • Carol Craig Talks Sidus Space, Overcoming Fear, The Space Coast, Elon Musk, and Motherhood | #13

    April 06, 2023 · 📺 Venture Lounge | Legacy Angel Network

    Carol Craig is the Founder and CEO of Craig Technologies and Sidus Space. (NASDAQ: SIDU) As the first female founder and owner of a space-based company to go public, she leads general operations and helps create strategic engineering solutions for clients such as the Department of Defense, Boeing, and SpaceX. To learn more about what we're doing at Venture Lounge, Visit Legacyangelnetwork.com

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  • Carol Craig interview in Sit Down w/ Steve on SCD TV

    February 28, 2023 · 📺 SpaceCoastDaily

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Notable quotes

“The best advice I ignored was when I first started my company, I had a lot of old white guys at the time. Now I'm the old white woman, but whatever. So it was the old white guys and they kept telling me I should have a niche. Start your company, you should have a niche. Focus on one thing and be really good at it. If I had done that, I'd have been out of business like 10 times over, you know, because the economy back”

“The satellites was a tough decision too because growing Craig Tech as a government contractor services pretty straightforward. When you make the decision to start kind of investing in CapEx and saying I'm going to build stuff, it's a whole different financial model and it does not always go as planned.”

“Cash flow is King cash is King cash flow is important and the reason I didn't take it initially is because I was a services company so when I had people out there working on a contract I was getting paid for the hour and for their work and then I got paid regularly every 30 days you know so really cash wasn't it wasn't like I was having to put a lot of cash into R&D or you know or you know capex or anything like that”

“I believe in creating the infrastructure first so I actually applied for the Spectrum the frequency because I'd also read the one satellite company I think it was swarm that got fined because they launched a satellite without the frequency spectrum so I'm like all right let's get that in in the bag first.”

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