Some very lucky Space Campers were able to go to Marshall Space Flight Center today to see the crew of STS-122!
The crew brought along a highlight reel of their mission and took questions from both Space Campers and NASA-folk alike!
Afterwards, the crew was gracious enough to stick around and sign autographs!
Here’s a big, bold reminder that today is the very last day to submit your nomination for the 2008 Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Get to it!
Nominations for the 2008 Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony are due on April 13, 2008!
You can nominate whomever you feel best meets the criteria as outlined on the Hall of Fame Nomination Criteria page.
From there you can also submit the nomination.
Last year’s inductees can be seen here.
Remember, April 13 is the last day to submit nominations!
A display with pieces of Columbia was set up a few days ago in the lobby of the building I work in.
It’s quite sobering to stand so close to remnants of such a tragedy. And yet it provides a very sobering reminder and memorial.
I thought it right to share with all of you.
Photo collage of reconstruction after the accident:
The text reads, “Everyone that touches a mission, on every level, is responsible for what it represents and the lives that are involved.”
Flight Deck Overhead Switch Panel O17:
Flight Deck Port Aft Bulkhead Window:
Orbiter Translational Hand Controller:
Forward Reaction Control System Thruster:
Left RCC Panel 8:
Left Hand Wing Tip with RCC Embedded:
Left Orbiter Maneuvering System Pod Fuel Drain Purge Panel:
It seems the Space Center hasn’t been taking care of all of their artifacts. Say it isn’t so!
NASA Watch had this post the other day.
In short, if you visited the Space Center during the mid-90s, you would have been able to walk though the Skylab trainer.
Well, it’s been sitting outside the back of the Space Center for years and it seems recent efforts to protect and preserve have been thwarted by the Space Center.
There’s also a swift kick at the end “alleging” (there’s photographic evidence) that the USSRC has been letting people climb around Casper for a small $10,000 fee.
I can only hope that nothing is as bad as it looks from this piece and that the Space & Rocket Center curator would want to do everything in her power to preserve to the best of her abilities every piece of space history in her care.
Anything less would be a true shame.
I just today received in my inbox some enticing offers for anyone who signs up soon for a weeklong session of Space Camp!
Currently we are offering a $200 discount for all 8-day programs including: Space Academy, Advanced Space Academy, Mach II and Mach III and X-Camp…Enter promotional code SPR8 when you complete your registration. Click here to Register NOW!. Hurry, discount ends May 15, 2008!
If you’re going to Space Camp or Mach I with a friend, you can get a $100 discount when you call. They call it an “alumni discount.” I’m not sure how that works, exactly. I guess presumably you’re going back with someone that was on your team during a previous session. They tell you to call (1-800-63-SPACE, of course) for that one, so you can ask for a clarification.
Finally, new campers to Space Camp or Aviation Challenge Mach I can receive either a $150 gift certificate to the gift shop, an iPod Shuffle with a thumb drive, or a flight suit when you sign up with the promo code EDGE. This discount also expires on May 15th.
Register online to use the promo codes without ever having to speak to another human being! Now that’s convenience!
Space Camp has started up their own channel on YouTube.
You’ll no doubt want to check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/user/spacecampusa
Don’t you think this would make an outstanding place for Space Camp to put all of that archival footage they have sitting on the shelf? It would, indeed!
I was able to get down to our favorite museum on the opening day of the Saturn V last week.
I thought you’d like to see the absolutely beautiful building the USSRC has!
The USSRC has a new lobby to greet visitors as well!
Big things are coming up for Space Camp and the Space & Rocket Center!
This Saturday is the grand opening of the new Saturn V center! At long last! Granted, it’s not really the grand opening. That took place on January 31, but we commoners weren’t invited (corporate tables only). But this should do nicely! You can press your nose up against the window and check out pictures from the January 31 opening at www.spacecamp.com/gala/.
On Sunday, Space Camp will continue on a new Mission to Malls tour.
The schedule is as follows:
Tons of opportunities to visit Space Camp if you’re in the Atlanta area this month!
Space Camp Turkey is looking for counselors for the Summer 2008 season. It’d be a heck of an adventure! And an excellent, safe way to get great experience living and working in another country! And, if you think about it, it’s a pretty inexpensive way to spend an entire Summer abroad!
Check out the ad:
