Austria – 2014 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony
The Austrian contingent gave an absolutely charming presentation Saturday night at the 2014 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony!
The Austrian contingent gave an absolutely charming presentation Saturday night at the 2014 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony!
This past Saturday kicked off the 2014 session of International Space Camp. This is the 23rd session of Interantionaal Space Camp! This year, Australia started things off with this ace of a presentation!
The 2014 session of International Space Camp is now in full swing! A great way to keep up-to-date with the happenings and goings-on of International Space Camp in real time is to check out the Twitter feeds of some of the participants. @Mr_McComb – Sean McComb, 2014 National Teacher of the Year… Continue reading
Once again, the Alumni Advancement Board is looking for volunteers this weekend to help down at Aviation Challenge with the continued refurbishing of the F16 as well as other displays, the F-14 included! The first effort on June 28 was a smashing success. Volunteers were able to make a first… Continue reading
The Alumni Advancement Board is looking for volunteers to help clean and prepare several artifacts around Camp over the course of this summer, and you can help! First on the list, volunteers are going to meet this Saturday morning to work on the F-16 down at Aviation Challenge! If you’re… Continue reading
Last month, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center successfully raised $71,340 to bring the Shuttle Training Aircraft to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. It was a campaign spearheaded by both the Space Center as well as the newly formed Space Camp Alumni Association and its corresponding Alumni Advisory Board…. Continue reading
Little Debbie, in promotion of their Cosmic Cupcakes, are again giving away trips to Space Camp! See here for the official rules. Every month through the end of the year, a winner will be chosen to receive a “Weekend Family Space Camp” (transportation not included). Best of luck!
You no doubt saw The Onion satirize NASA a few weeks ago by talking about Space Camp’s new more realistic NASA simulation! Here’s the link, for those who may have missed it. I think the funniest part is the realization that The Onion actually fact checks their work, given that Deborah… Continue reading
There’s a new book just out about the development of the Space Transportation System and the very early years of the Space Shuttle Program. The book, Bold They Rise, is the culmination of years of research from authors David Hitt and Heather R. Smith. The book itself is part of the… Continue reading
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the graduation ceremony for this year’s crop of summer counselors! In all, 50-some new crew trainers have earned their wings! And today is the first day they are full-fledged Crew Trainers! This summer’s training session saw crew trainers for nearly all programs. Here… Continue reading