Alyssa Carson
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Alyssa Carson | |
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 Alyssa – June 2015 | |
| Born | March 10, 2001 Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Baton Rouge International School |
Alyssa Carson (born March 10, 2001) is an American space enthusiast and public speaker.
Biography[edit | hide all | hide | edit source]
Inspired by Nickelodeon animated TV show The Backyardigans, she decided at age 3 that she wanted to travel to Mars.[1]
Her father Bert Carson enrolled her in United States Space Camp in 2008.[2] She returned to Space Camp several times in the following years and also attended Space Camp in Laval, Quebec and in Izmir, Turkey.[1]
In 2013, Carson was the first person to complete the NASA Passport Program by going to all 14 NASA Visitor Centers in the USA.[3] She is an ambassador for the Mars One private spaceflight project.[4]
In 2014, Carson appeared on Steve Harvey and was honored as their youngest Female Groundbreaker.[5] She has also featured in other media around the world including BBC,[6] CBS,[2] Independent,[7] NBC Nightly News,[8] and Australian Daily Telegraph.[9]
As of October 2016, Carson was the youngest person to be accepted to the Advanced Possum Academy.[10] Carson lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with her father.[11] Carson attended Baton Rouge International High School.[12][13] She appeared in the movie "The Mars Generation". Carson walked the red carpet at Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of the movie.[14] She is also the youngest applicant to International Space University.[15]
Public speaking[edit | hide | edit source]
- NASA panel at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – January 2014[16]Template:Third-party inline[8]Template:Failed verification
- TEDx Kalamata, Greece – June 2014[8][17]
- PANGEA. The 2015 Starting Point in Madrid, Spain – January 2015[18]Template:Third-party inline[19]Template:Unreliable source?
- xStem 2015 at the USA Science and Engineering Festival – September 2015[20]Template:Third-party inline[21]Template:Failed verification
- MBN Y Forum in Seoul, South Korea – February 2016[22][23]
- International Mars Society Convention in Washington D.C. – September 2016[24][25]Template:Third-party inline
- University of Louisiana Lafayette Women's Conference in Lafayette, LA – March 2017[26]
- BBYO International Convention in Orlando, FL – February 2018[27][28]Template:Third-party inline[17]Template:Failed verification[29]
References[edit | hide | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Next stop, Mars : Eighth grader Alyssa Carson is a media darling and 12-time Space Camp vet with a big dream". AL.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Teen trying to make an out-of-this-world dream a reality". Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ "First Person to Complete NASA's Passport Program is Astronaut.com's friend Alyssa Carson". Astronaut. November 26, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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- ↑ "Female Groundbreaker: Alyssa". Steve Harvey Show. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ 'Mars girl' Alyssa Carson answers BBC audience questions, November 7, 2014, retrieved October 9, 2016
- ↑ "Alyssa Carson: Could this 13-year-old girl from Louisiana be the first". The Independent. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "13-Year-Old Girl Plans to Be First Astronaut to Walk on Mars". NBC News. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Teen may be first person on Mars". Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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- ↑ Mars mission: Could US girl, 13, be first on red planet?, October 7, 2014, retrieved October 9, 2016
- ↑ "13 Reasons We Totally Believe This Girl Will Be The First Person On Mars". MTV News. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ Smith, Maggie. "NASA's Blueberry". Madison Dodger Online. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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- ↑ "IE University students bring together 200 young talents from 65 countries at the international PANGEA meeting". IE University. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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- ↑ Alyssa Carson – Teen Astronaut in Training, USA Science & Engineering Festival, September 13, 2015, retrieved October 9, 2016
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- ↑ MBN Y Forum Session4 Future Show, Alyssa Carson, March 11, 2016, retrieved October 9, 2016
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Further reading[edit | hide | edit source]
- "Alyssa Carson: Mission to Mars". Riposte (3). 2014. ISSN 2054-2755.
- "Mars Matters". Creativ. 2 (7): 26. 2015. ISSN 2376-9297.
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