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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Teen Dreams Of Being An Astronaut, Traveling to Mars

BATON ROUGE, La. (WJZ) — NASA’s replacement for the retired space shuttle will take humans farther than ever before. The space launch system will travel to asteroids and eventually to Mars, which according to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., NASA has been exploring with its MAVEN Spacecraft.

Linh Bui introduces us to one amazing young lady, who’s preparing herself for a seat on that mission.

Alyssa Carson is getting ready for a journey to Mars, even though she’s not even old enough to drive yet.

Thirteen-year-old Alyssa Carson wants to be an astronaut — a dream she’s had since the age of 3.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hang in there. Stick to your dream, my daughter did and she is now working for NASA Wallops Island !!

Anonymous said...

Looks to me that by the time she is 18 she will be out of this world. You go girl.

Anonymous said...

Great dream,but by the time they are ready to go man will be traveling to the stars.By their mid career Mars will be nothing more than a training exercise.