The Washington Post has an article highlighting Space Camp’s need to move beyond the Shuttle Program as NASA retires its aging fleet of orbiters. From the article: Story Musgrave, a retired NASA astronaut, consulted with Space Camp on the new simulator. Because the capsule and landing vehicle are based on… Continue reading
Robert Pearlman, Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee and CollectSpace editor and founder, made an appearance on the CBS Early Show to discuss the first public appearance of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a NASA ceremony honoring her husband. Well done, Robert! But, next time, go for a Space Camp polo… Continue reading
The 5th Annual Space Camp Hall of Fame had originally been penciled in for August 19th. As of today, the official date is August 26th. But wait! There’s more! From 2004-2010, the USSRC has held its Saturn V Reunion (recently renamed to the “Space Exploration Celebration”) to coincide with the… Continue reading
Viewing the news from at home or abroad, it would be easy to get the impression that things in Huntsville are worse than they are. While it’s certainly true that some have had there lives absolutely devastated from the tornadoes, most of us are just bored. Thankfully, water and sewage… Continue reading
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Space Camp, and Aviation Challenge suspended operations yesterday after storms and tornadoes left the Huntsville area without power. Because of the extended power outage still going on, Space Camp operations are suspended until at least May 3. This is pretty unprecedented, but you can’t… Continue reading
U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Deborah Barnhart has been invited by Robert Lightfoot, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, to attend the launch of STS-134–Endevour’s last–this Friday, April 29, 2011. She’s bound to have one heck of a view for this one! While in town, she plans to… Continue reading
The entire STS-133 crew is in Huntsville today and at Space Camp right now! From under Pathfinder, crew members Steve Lindsey, Eric Boe, Nicole Stott, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, and Steve Bowen will talk about their mission and answer questions! The even will be live streamed over at Space Camp… Continue reading
Tomorrow starts day one of the 2011 Great Moonbuggy Race! Once again, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will be host to teams of high school and college students from all around the country and the world! If you’re in the area, I highly recommend coming out the Space &… Continue reading
Years ago, I posted that I had just seen the movie Beyond the Stars, which featured the Space & Rocket Center / Space Camp in the film: So I’m watching this cheesy movie from 1989 called “Beyond the Stars.” It’s a movie where Christian Slater wants to be an astronaut,… Continue reading
Space Camp recently began offering “Behind the Scenes” tours for visitors to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Naturally, I recently went over to the Space Center and took the tour! My tour left promptly at 2pm and had nearly 20 people in it. Though there seemed to be only… Continue reading
