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Despite being frequently cited in the media as an "astronaut in training",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boredpanda.com/nasa-human-on-mars-one-mission-alyssa-carson-nasablueberry/|archiveurl=http://archive.today/20180718164456/https://www.boredpanda.com/nasa-human-on-mars-one-mission-alyssa-carson-nasablueberry/|deadurl=y|title=This Girl Is Preparing To Become The First Human On Mars And She’s Only 17 (Update)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alyssa-carson-astronaut-in-training-interview|title=This 17-Year-Old Is Already Training for a Trip to Mars|first=Alyson|last=Krueger|website=Teen Vogue}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/worlds-youngest-astronaut-training-part-world-2020-super-68638083|title=World's youngest astronaut-in-training is part of Super Bowl ad|first=Good Morning|last=America|website=Good Morning America}}</ref> Carson is not affiliated with any national space program.<ref name="Snopes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/17-year-old-astronaut-training/|title=Is NASA Training a 17-Year-Old Girl to Be an Astronaut?|website=Snopes.com}}</ref><ref name="Politifact"/> NASA has publicly stated that the organization "has no official ties to Alyssa Carson",<ref name="Politifact">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/20/blog-posting/nasa-prepping-17-year-old-become-first-human-mars/|title=PolitiFact - Is NASA prepping a 17 year old to become first human on Mars?|website=@politifact}}</ref> and separately that "although Ms. Carson uses ‘NASA' in her website name and Twitter and Instagram handles, we’re not affiliated at all."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/fact-check-is-nasa-preparing-this-teenage-girl-to-become-the-first-human-on-mars|title=Fact Check: Is NASA ‘Preparing This [Teenage] Girl To Become The First Human On Mars’?|date=July 23, 2018|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> In 2019 Newsweek corrected a headline that had implied that Carson's training was affiliated with NASA.<ref name="NewsweekCorrection">https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-youngest-astronaut-alyssa-carson-relocating-mars-1466005</ref> |
Despite being frequently cited in the media as an "astronaut in training",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boredpanda.com/nasa-human-on-mars-one-mission-alyssa-carson-nasablueberry/|archiveurl=http://archive.today/20180718164456/https://www.boredpanda.com/nasa-human-on-mars-one-mission-alyssa-carson-nasablueberry/|deadurl=y|title=This Girl Is Preparing To Become The First Human On Mars And She’s Only 17 (Update)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alyssa-carson-astronaut-in-training-interview|title=This 17-Year-Old Is Already Training for a Trip to Mars|first=Alyson|last=Krueger|website=Teen Vogue}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/worlds-youngest-astronaut-training-part-world-2020-super-68638083|title=World's youngest astronaut-in-training is part of Super Bowl ad|first=Good Morning|last=America|website=Good Morning America}}</ref> Carson is not affiliated with any national space program.<ref name="Snopes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/17-year-old-astronaut-training/|title=Is NASA Training a 17-Year-Old Girl to Be an Astronaut?|website=Snopes.com}}</ref><ref name="Politifact"/> NASA has publicly stated that the organization "has no official ties to Alyssa Carson",<ref name="Politifact">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/20/blog-posting/nasa-prepping-17-year-old-become-first-human-mars/|title=PolitiFact - Is NASA prepping a 17 year old to become first human on Mars?|website=@politifact}}</ref> and separately that "although Ms. Carson uses ‘NASA' in her website name and Twitter and Instagram handles, we’re not affiliated at all."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/fact-check-is-nasa-preparing-this-teenage-girl-to-become-the-first-human-on-mars|title=Fact Check: Is NASA ‘Preparing This [Teenage] Girl To Become The First Human On Mars’?|date=July 23, 2018|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> In 2019 Newsweek corrected a headline that had implied that Carson's training was affiliated with NASA.<ref name="NewsweekCorrection">https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-youngest-astronaut-alyssa-carson-relocating-mars-1466005</ref> |
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At age 15, Carson was the youngest person invited to the Advanced PoSSUM (Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) Space Academy.<ref |
At age 15, Carson was the youngest person invited to the Advanced PoSSUM (Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) Space Academy.<ref name="NewsweekCorrection"/> Through project PoSSUM, Carson acquired a certificate in applied astronautics, which certifies her to complete suborbital research flights.<ref name=":3" /> At age 16, Carson became the youngest person to complete the [[Space Camp (United States)|space camp program]] run by the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Curtis|first=Cara|date=2019-07-26|title=[Best of 2019] Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars|url=https://thenextweb.com/space/2019/07/26/meet-alyssa-carson-the-18-year-old-training-to-become-the-first-human-on-mars/|access-date=2020-06-27|website=The Next Web|language=en-us}}</ref> When she was 18, Carson received her pilot's license.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McLellan|first=Shannon|date=2020-01-31|title=World's youngest astronaut-in-training is part of Super Bowl ad|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/worlds-youngest-astronaut-training-part-world-2020-super-68638083|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Good Morning America|language=en}}</ref> |
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Carson is the only person to have completed all seven of NASA's space camps.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Her call sign at space camp is Blueberry and she goes by NASA Blueberry on many online platforms.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=DeMoss|first=Nick|date=2020-03-12|title=Future Mars Astronaut Visits Engineering Class|url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/52954|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-27|website=University of Arkansas News}}</ref> |
Carson is the only person to have completed all seven of NASA's space camps.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Her call sign at space camp is Blueberry and she goes by NASA Blueberry on many online platforms.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=DeMoss|first=Nick|date=2020-03-12|title=Future Mars Astronaut Visits Engineering Class|url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/52954|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-27|website=University of Arkansas News}}</ref> |
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Alyssa Carson (born 2001), is an American space enthusiast, author and motivational speaker. While Carson's interest in becoming an astronaut has been widely covered in the media as an astronaut in training, her training is unrelated the the official NASA Mars space program.
Early life
Carson was born on March 10, 2001 in Hammond, Louisiana.[1] After watching an episode of The Backyardigans about space travel, three year old Carson told her father that she wanted to become an astronaut and visit Mars.[2] Carson was raised by her father, Bert, who took her to space camp for the first time in Huntsville, Alabama at age 7.[3][4]
Carson went to the Baton Rouge International School as a child and supplemented her education with classes in space physiology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.[5] Carson now attends the Florida Institute of Technology where she studies astrobiology.[6][7] She does not plan on applying to the astronaut selection process until completing her PhD.[8]
Career
When Carson was 12, she was invited by NASA to speak at the MER (Mars Exploration Rover) 10 Panel in Washington, DC.[9]
Carson has written about her passion for space flight for the Independent[10] and has written and self-published her guide to becoming an astronaut, So, You Want to Be an Astronaut (2018). She gives speeches around the world to inspire young girls to pursue careers in STEM. As of July 2019, Carson has given three TEDx talks.[11] Carson has also collaborated with several companies to develop space-related projects including helping Horizn Studios develop space luggage as assisting with Final Frontier Design's spacesuit development.[2][6][11]
Astronaut training
Despite being frequently cited in the media as an "astronaut in training",[12][13][14] Carson is not affiliated with any national space program.[15][16] NASA has publicly stated that the organization "has no official ties to Alyssa Carson",[16] and separately that "although Ms. Carson uses ‘NASA' in her website name and Twitter and Instagram handles, we’re not affiliated at all."[17] In 2019 Newsweek corrected a headline that had implied that Carson's training was affiliated with NASA.[18]
At age 15, Carson was the youngest person invited to the Advanced PoSSUM (Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) Space Academy.[18] Through project PoSSUM, Carson acquired a certificate in applied astronautics, which certifies her to complete suborbital research flights.[6] At age 16, Carson became the youngest person to complete the space camp program run by the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission.[19] When she was 18, Carson received her pilot's license.[20]
Carson is the only person to have completed all seven of NASA's space camps.[2][19] Her call sign at space camp is Blueberry and she goes by NASA Blueberry on many online platforms.[3][21]
Bibliography
- So, You Want to Be an Astronaut (2018)
References
- ^ Puterman, Shari (2018-07-12). "Louisiana teen might be flying to Mars". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Huck (2019-10-14). "Meet Alyssa Carson, the teenage astronaut gearing up for Mars". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Krueger, Alyson (2018-03-21). "This 17-Year-Old Is Already Training for a Trip to Mars". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ CBS News (2014-10-03). "Teen trying to make an out-of-this-world dream a reality". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lowery, Chris (2018-02-23). "Could Baton Rouge teen Alyssa Carson end up on the first human mission to Mars?". The Advocate. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Santora, Sara (2019-12-01). "Life on Mars? An interview with Alyssa Carson". Space Coast Living Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ Ormont Blumberg, Perri (2020-03-04). "Baton Rouge Teenager Alyssa Carson Is Aiming to Be First Human to Walk on Mars". Southern Living. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Vinita M (2018-02-04). "Meet The Next Generation of Rocket Women: Alyssa Carson,16, Future Astronaut – Rocket Women". rocket-women.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Biddlecombe, Sarah (2019-10-16). "Mars mission: astronaut Alyssa Carson on flying to Mars". Stylist. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ Carson, Alyssa (2019-07-21). "The moon landing means everything to me as someone who wants to be the first person on Mars". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Bloom, Laura Begley (2019-06-13). "Meet The World's Youngest Astronaut In Training: Designer Of The First-Ever Space Luggage". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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- ^ America, Good Morning. "World's youngest astronaut-in-training is part of Super Bowl ad". Good Morning America.
- ^ "Is NASA Training a 17-Year-Old Girl to Be an Astronaut?". Snopes.com.
- ^ a b "PolitiFact - Is NASA prepping a 17 year old to become first human on Mars?". @politifact.
- ^ "Fact Check: Is NASA 'Preparing This [Teenage] Girl To Become The First Human On Mars'?". Washington Examiner. July 23, 2018.
- ^ a b https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-youngest-astronaut-alyssa-carson-relocating-mars-1466005
- ^ a b Curtis, Cara (2019-07-26). "[Best of 2019] Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars". The Next Web. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ McLellan, Shannon (2020-01-31). "World's youngest astronaut-in-training is part of Super Bowl ad". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ DeMoss, Nick (2020-03-12). "Future Mars Astronaut Visits Engineering Class". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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