Mike Flachbart, Vice President of Center Operations, posted a fantastic photo to his twitter feed. An impressive six members of the Space Camp Hall of Fame live in the Houston area, and every single one of them made it out to the Houston Smile premiere last Friday night! Update: As… Continue reading
The Salute to the Shuttle Program, the combined Space Exploration Celebration and Space Camp Hall of Fame event, will be held this evening at the Davidson Center. The event is sold out! Even if you can’t attend the event tonight, be sure to head over to the Space & Rocket… Continue reading
Results are in for the 2011 Space Camp Hall of Fame inductees. Though there weren’t enough votes for any one person in the “Friend” category, two alumni and one former staff member have made the cut. Nevertheless, congratulations are in order to Dr. Valerie Meyers, Lt. Col. Burke Hare III,… Continue reading
Don’t forget about the Falling to Earth book launch event being held today at the Air & Space Museum! If you can’t be there in person, you can tune in at 11:00AM EDT and watch! And don’t forget to head on over to its Facebook page and “Like” the book if you… Continue reading
Francis French, Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee and author of the books Into that Silent See and In the Shadow of the Moon, has a new one coming out! Having no doubt been impressed with his previous works, Apollo astronaut Al Worden got Francis to help him out with… Continue reading
This event will also serve as a dual event, as new members shall be inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame. August 26, 2011. 5:30PM CDT. See you there!
Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Robert Pearlmen, editor and founder of CollectSPACE.com, was featured today in a USA Today article about the rising interest in space memorabilia as of late. Among Pearlman’s prized possessions is a 4-by-4-foot, 200-pound aircraft-grade milled aluminum hatch — one of 40 made for the… 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
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
