Alyssa Carson

Categories: Motivation | Women's Spotlight | Leadership | Digital Transformation

Alyssa Carson is the youngest astronaut in training with Possum Academy, international speaker, author, and future Mars Walker.

Ever since she was a child, Alyssa Carson has set her heart out for the stars. At just 3 years old, she told his father: "Dad, I want to be an astronaut and be one of the people who go to Mars." She had no idea that this seemingly casual statement would become the birth of a meaningful lifelong endeavor.

At just 19 years old, Alyssa's list of accomplishments includes witnessing 3 space shuttle launches, attending Space Camp 7 times, Space Academy 3 times, Robotics Academy once, youngest to graduate from Advanced Space Academy, and several Sally Ride Camps. In 2012 and 2013, she expanded her education at Space Camp Turkey and Space Camp Canada, becoming the first person to attend all three NASA space camps in the world. Alyssa Carson is also the first to complete the NASA Passport program, visiting all 14 NASA Visitor Centers that span 9 states.

In January 2013, NASA invited Alyssa Carson to be at the MER 10 panel in Washington DC to discuss future missions to Mars live on NASA TV. She was later selected as one of seven ambassadors representing Mars One, a mission to establish a human colony on Mars in 2030. In October 2016, Alyssa was the youngest to be accepted and graduated from the Advanced Possum Academy, which that officially certified her to go into space and become an astronaut apprentice.

More than anything, Alyssa Carson is driven by an insatiable desire to live life to the fullest; to break the ceiling of possibilities and make a lasting positive impact on the world.

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