2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Space Camp! This summer, they are celebrating that anniversary with a two-day celebration on June 17th and 18th, 2022. The celebration begins on the evening of June 17th when Space Camp hosts the Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This will be the… Continue reading
It has happened again! Space Camp has accidentally launched kids from Camp into space! I’m blaming Hoot Gibson this time!
The 2022 Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo is a mere month away, and just today they made the following, remarkably cool post: That’s right! Turtles at Space Camp! It’s a really nifty piece of art! While TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman will be at the Expo signing autographs, you don’t… Continue reading
Today at 9:30 AM Central Time, Space Camp will hold a 30th birthday party for Aviation Challenge! The event will be live-streamed on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyvoc4FMJg8
For the past few days, Space Camp and the Space Camp Alumni have been teasing a “new way to be a part of Space Camp Alumni!” Though the announcement was supposed to come today, severe weather (and an early closing time today of the Space & Rocket Center) has put… Continue reading
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center / Space Camp have a new podcast! Three episodes have been released thus far. Episode 1 is a talk with Homer Hickam, famed Rocket Boys / October Sky author. Episode 2 is with retired NASA engineer Kenny Mitchell Episode 3 is with Virgin Galactic… Continue reading
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, Blue Origin–more specifically Club for Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit to promote STEM careers–showed a video of their tour of Space Camp during Blue’s NS-14 launch coverage. They have posted the video of the tour separately to their YouTube channel now:
During Blue Origin’s broadcast of their launch efforts today, Blue showed a segment shot at Space Camp! At the end of the tour, they mentioned that a set of Space Camp wings were attached to the flight suit of their astronaut stand-in, Mannequin Skywalker. The live stream of their New… Continue reading
The annual Summerfest celebration and corresponding Space Camp Hall of Fame sadly had to be canceled this year due to the coronavirus. To make up for that, and to raise badly needed funds for Space Camp, the Space Camp Alumni Foundation is hosting the Space Camp Alumni Virtualfest throughout the… Continue reading
Space Camp needs $1.5 million dollars within the next three months or it might cease to exist. That’s the message that was delivered by Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission chairman John Nerger this past Tuesday in a press conference to kick off the launch of SaveSpaceCamp.com, Space Camp’s GoFundMe campaign…. Continue reading
