Today NASA announeced a dozen new Astronaut Candidates (“AsCans”) and, as it turns out, two of them have been to Space Camp!
Jasmin Moghbeli graduated from the Advanced Space Academy program and Bob Hines went to Space Camp!
Once they completely their training, it will bring the total number of Space Camp program alumni who have gone on to become Astronauts up to seven!
Atlantis has flown her last mission. Yesterday, Space Camp made the following post to their facebook page:
And so ends a very long era. Atlantis came to Space Camp in 1986, after its use in SpaceCamp the movie had finished.
Farewell, Atlantis. You were a good ship. You did your namesake proud.
I’m behind on this by a few weeks, granted.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the class for the 2017 Space Camp Hall of Fame and it is a special one!
First up, NASA Astronaut Dr. Serena Aũnón-Chancellor shall be inducted. Serena is the fourth Space Camp alumna Astronaut to receive this honor. She is currently training for an upcoming mission to the International Space Station!
Dr. Jennifer Heldmann is a Research Science at NASA’s Ames Research Center. She earned a Ph.D. in Planetary Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Marine Maj. John Hecker has the right stuff! He’s the pilot of “Fat Albert,” the Blue Angels’ C-130!
Dr. Michelle K. Christensen is a former Space Camper and counselor. Before earning a Ph.D. from Penn State University, she spent some time at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, and she currently works at Blue Origin.
Want to see these fine folks inducted in person? Get your tickets for the 2017 Space Camp Summerfest!
And read about the event and more in the Spring Edition of the Space Camp Alumni Association’s newsletter.
NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge (formally known as The Great Moonbuggy Race) begins tomorrow, March 31, and runs through Saturday!
The event will be live streamed on Marshall Space Flight Center’s USTREAM page, and details throughout the event can be viewed on the Challenge’s Facebook page.
Good luck to all of the competitors!