I had the amazing opportunity to co-present at the 2015 Shorty Awards! I got to meet some awesome people who do great work with social media, using it as a tool to inspire young people all over the world. To be in a room with such great and influential people was a cool experience! Thanks Shorty ... READ MORE»
[Video] My Reactions to EFT-1 Orion Launch and Splashdown
I am so lucky. I have been able to witness not one, not two, but three historical launches. In 2011, I was able to see the Space Shuttle Endeavor's last launch, the STS-134. Witnessing what is now the past of American human space flight is an experience I will never forget. A couple of years later, ... READ MORE»
My big news! Behind the scenes for the inaugural Orion Launch!
Exciting news! I've been invited to report on the December 4 inaugural Orion launch in Cape Canaveral. This opportunity is amazing, and I feel so lucky! Orion is the deep space vehicle I hope will one day take me and my generation, The Mars Generation, to Mars. This journey gets more and more ... READ MORE»
My East Coast College Tour: MIT, Harvard, Yale and more!
I was incredibly fortunate to go out east at the beginning of the school year to tour a few colleges. It started with me expressing interest in MIT and my mom saying "well if you are interested in MIT I guess we better make sure you have a chance to see the campus." This is typical of how one of our ... READ MORE»
Air and Law Institute Symposium – A Revelation
This past semester I was honored to be a recipient of the Air and Law Institute’s (ALI) Inspiration Scholarship Award. As a part of this award, the Air and Law Institute brought me out to San Diego, California, to attend their symposium. I’ve been really struggling with writing this post because I ... READ MORE»
My Adventure as a Red Cross Social Advocate
At age 16, the support I have received during my journey to Mars has been amazing. With a social media audience of over 160,000 people, I am humbled every single day to be a small part of your lives. I have been told by adults and kids alike that I inspire them, but as I have discussed in my recent ... READ MORE»
Neutral Buoyancy Training in Costa Rica | My Scuba Experience
Neutral buoyancy, or 'weightlessness', has long been a central part of training astronauts and cosmonauts for their forays into outer space. The most common and cost-effective way to achieve a semblance of weightlessness on earth is through neutrally buoyant diving otherwise known as scuba diving. ... READ MORE»
Chatting with Luca Parmitano On the ISS | Recording
Thanks to the entire International Space Station Payload Operations Communications Team (Marshall Space Flight Center - Huntsville Alabama) and Mission Control (Johnson Space Center - Houston Texas) and Penny Pettigrew for helping coordinate this amazing opportunity. I was able to speak to my mentor ... READ MORE»
What’s Your Mars? My TEDx Talk [Video]
Here it is! My TEDx talk from October 25, 2013! I am so excited to share it with you! I hope you will watch it and if you are inspired by it share it with your friends. What's Your Mars? Astronaut Abby TEDx Talk http://youtu.be/FvvVPyVCKRI When TEDx Tampa Bay contacted me over the summer and asked ... READ MORE»
A Visit to Lockheed Martin Aerospace Facilities
One of my favorite parts about my outreach campaign is that I get to educate the public about the future of the United States Space Program. I have been fortunate to tour many facilities, including ATK at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama where they are working with NASA on ... READ MORE»
