Aviation Challenge alumnus Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to be the next Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration! The announcement came today as Mr. Isaacman posted the following to his X account: Isaacman, founder of the payment platform Shift4, rose to prominence as the… Continue reading
It’s been quite a few years in the making, but today’s the day! Pathfinder is being hoisted back onto the stack in Shuttle Park! The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is live streaming the lift today! EDIT: According to the schedule, the actual lift won’t occur until tomorrow, with today… Continue reading
The crew of the upcoming SpaceX mission Polaris Dawn was in Huntsville today to speak to Space Campers! The crew toured Space Camp before addressing campers in the brand-new Space Camp Operations Center. The team discussed their upcoming mission, including mission objectives. Space Camp / Aviation Challenge alumni Julia Lantos… Continue reading
These four men will be inducted at the Space Camp Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony on July 14, 2023. You can get your tickets by going to https://www.rocketcenter.com/SpaceCampReunion. Tickets to the dinner are $100, but $250 will get you the “All Access Pass” into the entire weekend’s slate… Continue reading
This is technically old news, but I just noticed it recently and thought it was worth a mention. The “Lifetime Membership” option for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has been on hiatus for a little over a year. The lifetime membership had been offered for $1,000 and first became… Continue reading
Brigadier General (retired) Larry Capps, who served as the CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center from 2000 until his somewhat tumultuous retirement in 2011, passed away this past Tuesday at the age of 82. Gen. Capps assumed leadership of the beleaguered Rocket Center after the previous CEO, Mike… Continue reading
Previously known as The Great Moonbuggy Race, the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge is back after a global-pandemic-sized hiatus of four years! This will be the first rover competition since 2019. The competition starts tomorrow, Friday, April 21, 2023, and runs through Sunday. It is open to the public, so… Continue reading
I just came across this sound bite from Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and I thought it was worth sharing!
NASA held their big Artemis II crew announcement today! You can watch the entire video here, but the highlight is that Space Camp alumna and Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Christina Koch was one of the four selected to go to the Moon on Artemis II! The flight is… Continue reading
The entirety of this year’s Space Camp Hall of Fame Ceremony is now up on YouTube! It really was one of the best events put on by the Space Center in quite some time (and that’s really saying something)! The staff did a tremendous job, as always! If you watch… Continue reading
