Some very lucky Space Campers were able to go to Marshall Space Flight Center today to see the crew of the most recent Space Shuttle Mission, STS-117, present.
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! Quite the souvenir to bring home from Space Camp!
I thought I would mention that the 2007 session of International Space Camp begins this Saturday, July 21, with the opening ceremony. That means that in a few short days, visitors from around the world will arrive at Space Camp to take part in an what should be quite an exciting week!
I’m really looking forward to the event as delegates from each country always do some sort of opening presentation to educate the audience about their culture.
During the opening ceremony of International Space Camp in 2004, the Belgium contingent gave the most excellent of presentations.
So in honor of ISC 2007, I thought I would share with you their presentation from 2004. I do still laugh every time I watch this video.
This morning’s Rocket Roll! event at the Space & Rocket Center was a resounding success. Despite the rain, the turnout was respectable and the Saturn V has started its journey to its new home.
For those of you that missed the event, I present to you the crescendo:
The move should more-or-less be finished by the time the Saturn V reunion comes around! If you’re able to, you should get your tickets and come by this Friday.
Rocket Park is sure going to look awfully strange without that Saturn V there…
…don’t forget about the webcams to see that space get awfully bare.
Available for your enjoyment, the June Alumni Newsletter has been released and is packed full of exciting stuff!
First, coming up this Tuesday (July 10), the USSRC will host “Rocket Roll.” Starting at 9:30am, this free-to-the-public event will kick-off the moving of the Saturn V into its new home, the Davidson Saturn V Center.
Next, this coming Friday (the 13th), the USSRC will have the fourth annual Saturn V reunion! The VIP list looks awesome as it includes astronauts Walt Cunningham, Jim Haisell, and Owen Garriott, amongst others.
Even more incredible than the lineup is the price: $10 per ticket if you buy them in advance ($25 at the door). It should be a fun time! Tickets can be purchased online or at the ticket desk. See http://www.savethesaturn.org for more details.
Additional highlights in the June Alumni Newsletter include highlights from the 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, an update on 25th Anniversary activities yet to happen, and the Alumni Spotlight section featuring Beth Favor.
I know it’s been a little while since the HabFiles section has seen an update, but it’s my hope that this one will make it seem like the wait was worth it.
Present now in the HabFiles section is a article from Space World magazine that was published in February of 1983. Space Camp only had one year of campers under its belt!
Head on over and check it out.
From the article:
The 1983 camp will take the program another step further. Last year, much of the in-house activities took place in a renovated refreshment stand. This year as many as 150 campers and four on-site camp instructors will be housed in the basement of a12,500 square-foot pavilion brought from the Knoxville World’s Fair.
The article then goes on to break out day-by-day activities during Space Camp circa 1983!
Enjoy!
To provide an update regarding the post about MSFC tours resuming, it seems that there is one sticking point holding up tours.
It seems Marshall doesn’t want Space Camp to use busses that aren’t able to comply with the Americans with Disabilities act and the Space Center doesn’t currently have any that do.
So until the Space Camp can get a few busses that meet the ADA (or retrofit current ones….if that’s possible), the tours will be a no go.
So it may be a little while.
Welcome to the third revision of Hab1.com! With such a momentous occasion as the 25th Anniversary of Space Camp, I thought the site could do to have a few more pretties on it!
This is (more-or-less) the third revision of the site! I hope everyone enjoys the new look and feel!
For a quick history lesson, version one of the site ran from 2001 to 2005 (going through a few minor changes along the way) while version two lasted from May 2005 until now.
I think this is the best version yet! And yet, I hope this is only a temporary release to get through the next few years as I work on revision four. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
As you can no doubt see, things look a bit different around here.
There are all kinds of new, shiny things around here.
It is my hope that you enjoy this version of the site very much!
Thank you for visiting.
-Vincent Vazzo
The dinner was great, and the first alumni session is going WONDERFULLY.
Area 51 just happened. This was my first time on the new course! It is excellent.
The old one was great and this one is even better!
But now I have to get back into the thick of it! More to come later!
I just got back from the von Braun Center to rehearse my tiny role in the whole affair.
The setup looks wonderful!
I really think it’s going to be a special night for the eight inductees and all of those in attendance.
If you’re in the area, I believe you can still get tickets if you go over to the Space Center today! I think it’ll be a very enjoyable night for all!
Yep! The rumor going around (well, the rumor I’m starting here) is that Marshall Space Flight Center tours will resume.
The date hasn’t yet been completely nailed down, but I’m told that it will be sometime within the next month.
A great part of the Space Camp experience is about to return!
