It’s a sad day at Space Camp today. The long, impressive tenure of Ruth Marie Oliver, aka Crosswind, aka Ping–but best known as Red Bull–comes to an end today. For many, many years Ruth has been the one most responsible for making sure the trains run on time down at… Continue reading
Space Camp Turkey turns 15! Why not go wish them a Happy Birthday via Twitter or Facebook?!
Today is the very last day that current pricing will remain in effect for the Alumni Festival. Though the sale was originally scheduled to end June 1, the sale was extended an additional week. After today, the $125 all-access weekend pass will increase in price to $150! If you’re planning… Continue reading
If you’re not following Space Camp Turkey on Facebook or Twitter, you probably should! Though Space Camp in Huntsville is the epicenter of, well, Space Camp, Space Camp Turkey has a lot of exciting things going on as well! They lead the mothership when it comes to number of videos on YouTube;… Continue reading
In addition to the previously announced selection of Kate Rubins, Space Camp today announced the names of the three remaining individuals into the 2015 class of the Space Camp Hall of Fame. In full, the four new members shall be: Elizabeth Bierman Susanna Phillips Bobak Ferdowsi Dr. Kate Rubins Elizabeth… Continue reading
In the lead-up to David Letterman’s last show, Tom Hanks stopped by for a visit. That will air tonight, but clips have already been released. On tonight’s show, Tom Hanks name drops Space Camp! In this video, the reference comes at the 1:27 mark.
As if the roster of Astronauts confirmed for Space Camp’s Alumni Festival wasn’t enough for you, a number of Astronauts are going to be visiting Space Camp throughout the summer as well! And you can have lunch with them! This past Friday, Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson kicked off a summer… Continue reading
NASA ISS Flight Director and Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Ed Van Cise was in Huntsville, Alabama this past week visiting the Marshall Space Flight Center on official NASA business. Ed was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to speak to an auditorium full of… Continue reading
An announcement made this evening has revealed the selection of Astronaut Kate Rubins to the 2015 class of inductees into the Space Camp Hall of Fame! From Twitter, Michael Flachbart, Space Camp’s Vice President of Center Operations, announced Kate as the first of what will end up as four new members… Continue reading
The Space Camp Hall of Fame, since its inception in 2007, has always made for one very fine evening, celebrating all that is great about Space Camp! So what could be even better? How about an entire weekend of alumni activities? This year, the Space Camp Hall of Fame will be one… Continue reading
