Alabama Governor Bob Riley is expected to announce the new board for the Space & Rocket Center this week, as this article states. I suppose that would mean today or tomorrow. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Alabama Governor Bob Riley is expected to announce the new board for the Space & Rocket Center this week, as this article states. I suppose that would mean today or tomorrow. We’ll just have to wait and see.
The Friday deadline has come and gone, so technically the members of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission are now former members of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission. Yet this is only technically as there has been no word from Alabama Governor Bob Riley or his office regarding the matter. The Huntsville times has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An article in the Huntsville Times reports that Alabama Governor Bob Riley has asked for every member of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, the commission that oversees the US Space & Rocket Center, to resign. This should prove to be an interesting week. In the meantime, be sure to read the article.
This is just a reminder regarding a story I posted last December that tonight on the USA network, as they present a showing of Apollo 13 at 7pm tonight, they’ll also be showing segments shot at the USSRC. Here again is a link to the article which talks about tonight’s event. So tune in and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you happen to tune into USA’s broadcast of Apollo 13 on February 19 (at 7pm), you’re in for a familiar sight. An article in the Huntsville Times last week reported that USA Network was down in Huntsville to tape segments for the show “Ready for the Weekend Movie.” The segments were filmed around the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, that isn’t a typo. Yes, I was surprised, too! I was flipping through the channels and I thought I saw some rockets out a window on the screen. Not just any rockets though, but USSRC rockets! Sure enough, TLC’s show, “A Dating Story” was at the USSRC! It’s on right now as I write […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, kinda. Posted at a local Illinois news station, WAND TV, an article states: This year, 65,000 brand new Endeavor sport utility vehicles will hit the road throughout the U.S.and every one of them will be made in Central Illinois. Friday, January 17th, the very first Endeavor rolled off the assembly line at the Mitsubishi […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It would appear as if one can now get a US Space & Rocket Center Master Card now! Along with MBNA, they seem to be offering a Platinum Master Card. If you apply now, you even get a free USSRC T-Shirt! Using this credit card will benefit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and its […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The USSRC’s SpaceDome IMAX Theater has just received an equipment upgrade to allow it to run films in excess of 2 hours. This is a large upgrade from the previous limit of 55 minutes. This comes at a wonderful time, as IMAX has just mastered Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones onto 70mm […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is beginning a project to refurbish the Saturn V which, after 30 years of being outside in Rocket Park, has corroded both inside and out. Plans are underway to refurbish the Saturn V and move it inside, away from the elements. However, like almost everything else, such a project […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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