This past Thursday, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center held their annual January gala. As this year marks the 40th anniversary of Skylab, the Space & Rocket Center held their gala in honor of America’s first space station. Every living member from all three Skylab missions was in attendance. Of course,… Continue reading
This weekend is a busy one! Today, bus tours finally resume to the Marshall Space Flight Center. Space Warriors starts filming on location at Space Camp today! Author Willie Mosley will be on hand from 1pm to 2pm to sign his book, Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot, his book about astronaut Stu Roosa. The… Continue reading
After more than a decade, following their cancellation after 9/11, and the half-decade it took for the Space & Rocket Center to get transportation lined up, tours of the Marshall Space Flight Center resume today. The USSRC has a web page up regarding the tours. No times are listed, you… Continue reading
While it’s been some time since the Space & Rocket Center got the go ahead to resume tours, there was the problem of the finer points of who would be allowed into the Redstone Arsenal as well as MSFC requiring that the Space Center provide handicap accessible transportation. These details… Continue reading
The Huntsville Times reported yesterday morning that the damage the Saturn V sustained was in the process of being repaired. Though the glass had been replaced soon after the event, a monument of such national significance cannot simply be replaced. A company called Conservation Solutions has been brought in to take… Continue reading
The Huntsville Times has a video on their site of the glass being replaced at The Davidson Center. As you might recall, bullets pierced three of the windows two weeks ago. Despite the caption, a bullet did not put a hole in a section of the Saturn V. It merely… Continue reading
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center noted this morning that, just before 10am CDT, “3 shots were fired into the Davidson Center, Saturn 5 hall.” Fortunately–and most importantly–no one was injured. Update: al.com has the story now. Update 2: WHNT has video online. Update 3: Over at CollectSpace, Robert has a very… Continue reading
The annual Great Moonbuggy Race is underway right now at the Space & Rocket Center! If you are able, I highly recommend making it out to see it for yourself today or tomorrow! You can also see a live broadcast on the MSFC Ustream channel.
It’s no secret that the Space & Rocket Center has had some financial issues as of late. Numerous staff have been laid off or transferred to temporary employees to save money. Some additional relief has just been found as the City of Huntsville is giving the Space & Rocket Center $250,000 to… Continue reading
All the way back in 2002, you may remember that I reviewed the book, A Smile as Big as the Moon, a wonderful story about a group of special needs kids who manage to get themselves to Space Camp despite internal and external obstacles. My book report ended with the… Continue reading
