12 Day 2012 Registration Opening Soon

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Both Aviation Challenge and Advanced Space Academy will see popular 12 day options return next year. Registration will open up on September 20th at 7am CDT. Call 1-800-63-SPACE to make your reservation.

Both ASA and AC 12-day programs will run from June 17-29, 2012.

The cost to attend is $1849.

12 Day AC and ASA have been known to fill up fast, so be at the ready on Tuesday morning!

Salute to the Shuttle Program Tonight, Panels Today

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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 Center today.  Starting at 2:00pm, there will be a number of different panels:

2:00 p.m. NASA’s Space Launch System – Key to Space Exploration Topic

  • Tommy Battle, Mayor of Huntsville
  • Mike Griffin, King-McDonald Eminent Scholar & Professor, UAHuntsville
  • Bud Cramer, former U.S. House of Representative, Alabama’s 5th Congressional District
  • Jim Chilton, Vice President, Exploration Launch Systems at The Boeing Company
  • Steve Cook, Director of Space Technologies at Dynetics
  • Shar Hendrick, Hendrick Group
3:15 p.m. Where We’ve Been (“Why We Built the Space Shuttle”)

  • Dr. George Mueller, NASA Assoc. Adm., Office of Manned Space Flight, 1963-1969

How We’ve Changed (“Evolution of a Great Flying Machine”)

  • Steve Cash, MSFC, Deputy Program Manager Shuttle Propulsion Office
4:00 p.m. Where Are We Going?

  • Todd May, NASA SLS Program Manager
  • Lynn Cline, NASA Deputy Assoc. Admin. for Policy and PlansHuman Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
4:30 –

5:30 p.m.
  • Jay Barbree Book Signings(Saturn V Hall in Davidson Center)

Always a Good Time

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The Shuttle “Rocketed” Our World event was held this evening at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to commemorate those who worked on the program and celebrate the legacy left by the worlds first reusable spacecraft.

The turnout for the event was the best I have seen in some time.  An early estimation put the total number of attendees expected at 5,000, though that number has not yet been verified.

The event was spread throughout the Space & Rocket Center.  Multiple locations had live music, astronaut autograph sessions, and food aplenty!

The event was great and hopefully will give the Space & Rocket Center some great ideas for how best to commemorate thirty years of Space Camp next year!

Shuttle Celebration Saturday

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In conjunction with the Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will host the “Space Shuttle ‘Rocketed’ our World” event this Saturday, August 20, 2011.

The event will run from 6pm to 10pm and a mere five bucks will buy you a drink, chips, and a hot dog, as well as provide access to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for the evening.  In addition to the Center’s normal offerings, live music and other entertainment will be available.

More information is available on the Marshall Facebook page for the event, and tickets can be purchased at the Space Camp Store.

Also don’t forget the Salute to the Shuttle Program will be held the following Friday.  NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden will be in attendance!

2011 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

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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, and Dr. Michelle Thaller.

Be sure to come see their induction into the Space Camp Hall of Fame at the Salute to the Space Shuttle Program on August 26, 2011.

Tickets for the event are a very reasonable $20 and can be purchased here.

Former Staff

  • Dr. Valerie Meyers

2011 Hall of Fame - Valerie Meyers

Alumni

  • Lt. Col. Burke Hare III

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  • Dr. Michelle Thaller

2011 Hall of Fame - Michelle Thaller

And That’s the Way it Was – ISC 2011 Opening Ceremony

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ISC 2011, the twentieth International Space Camp, comes to a close today.  But the opening ceremony was the best in recent memory.  And I have it pretty much in its entirety for your enjoyment!


The Parade of Nations into the Davidson Center 3D Theatre officially marked the beginning of the ceremony.  Dr. Deborah Barnhart made her first ISC Opening Ceremony remarks as CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson, friend of Space Camp and all around magnanimous man, again had some wonderful remarks for the newly arrived visitors to our foreign lands.

The National Teachers of the Year began the introductions.  As usual, an eclectic array of costumes were on display to help each teacher show off some feature of his or her state or territory.

The Austria contingent began the international leg of the ceremony.

After Austria, the groups went as follows:

Unfortunately, it seems flight troubles kept Greece and The Netherlands from arriving in time to give their presentations.

Mike Flachbart, Vice President of Operations, gave a reading of the proclamation from the Governor of the State of Alabama to officially open International Space Camp 2011.  This ended the ceremony and gave the teachers and students a chance to try some good ol’ Southern barbecue!

After dinner, Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer provided some nice after dinner remarks to all of the students and teachers in the room.

And that’s the way it was at the 2011 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony, held on July 23, 2011.

Fall to Earth Today

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Falling to Earth Book CoverDon’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 do in fact like the book or even just Al Worden or Apollo 15!  It happened now-minus-40-years-ago!

Again, all of the details for the event as well as access to the web feed can be found on the Event Page.