She has now received her certification in applied astronautics, which certifies her to do a suborbital research flight for Project PoSSUM, a space and science research organisation. The year-old now has her sights set on graduating in Astrobiology and completing her first analog mission. Our guest writer Stacey Soluade speaks with Alyssa about her steps to becoming an astronaut, her female role models, and her ambition to travel to Mars I always thought the idea of being able to float around in space while doing science would be super cool.
When I was younger I became fascinated by space because of the curiosity of it.. This has made me want to contribute to the space industry using my strengths in any way that I can. And of course, it would be amazing to be on a mission one day! The youngest person, in the USA, to fly to space was 32 and I always just thought why is that.
Of course, you have to do the training and attend University but why have we never sent anyone younger. I think the next steps should be to get more women involved in the industry - which is already happening and is amazing to see - but also to capture the younger generation in this.
Share this —. Follow NBC News. By Elisha Fieldstadt. Billionaire space race launches new era of space tourism July 12, At the time, military service was required for astronaut consideration. In another ironic twist, the New Shepard spacecraft is named after another Mercury astronaut, Alan Shepard , who was the first American in space. Glenn's first flight in was at a more typical astronaut age, 40, but the popular astronaut was deemed too valuable to return to space for a second opportunity.
A generation later, he finally negotiated a return to space on space shuttle mission STS at age 77, to study how microgravity affects aging. Funk was personally invited by Blue Origin billionaire founder Jeff Bezos best known for creating Amazon to join him aboard the debut crewed flight of New Shepard. Bezos' brother Mark was the third passenger, and the fourth seat was auctioned off to the public to the highest bidder.
That opened up the seat for someone else. Blue Origin initially didn't disclose during the bidding process that runners-up could be considered for future flights. Mark is a financier who directs the Bezos Family Foundation and works as a volunteer firefighter. The pair are best friends and Jeff shared the moment he surprised his sibling, six years his junior, by asking him to join the mission in a video that went viral on Instagram last month.
At 82, barrier-breaking woman aviator Wally Funk became the oldest ever astronaut fulfilling a lifelong dream that was thwarted by the sexism of the early space era. Funk, who took her first flying lesson aged nine, excelled in the Mercury 13 project which was intended to train women for space using the same standards as male astronauts but the program was eventually nixed.
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