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Jeff Bezos Has a Great Sound Bite

By Vincent | April 4, 2023 - 9:47 pm |April 5, 2023 Space Camp News

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I just came across this sound bite from Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and I thought it was worth sharing!

A Space Camper is Going to the Moon!

By Vincent | April 3, 2023 - 5:09 pm |April 4, 2023 Space Camp News

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NASA held their big Artemis II crew announcement today! You can watch the entire video here, but the highlight is that Space Camp alumna and Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Christina Koch was one of the four selected to go to the Moon on Artemis II! The flight is… Continue reading →

“First Space Camp is Termed a Success”

By Vincent | July 6, 2022 - 3:42 pm |July 6, 2022 HabFiles

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So reads the headline from the Summer 1982 Alabama Space & Rocket Center Newsletter! This newsletter also features a copy of the New York Times article and a number of great photos from Camp! Ahead of the 40th anniversary of Space Camp, I was digging around the USPTO website and… Continue reading →

2022 Space Camp Hall of Fame Available

By Vincent | July 5, 2022 - 8:07 pm |July 5, 2022 Space Camp News

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The entirety of this year’s Space Camp Hall of Fame Ceremony is now up on YouTube! It really was one of the best events put on by the Space Center in quite some time (and that’s really saying something)! The staff did a tremendous job, as always! If you watch… Continue reading →

Australasian Post – December 29, 1983

By Vincent | May 20, 2022 - 7:41 am |May 20, 2022 HabFiles

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The early days of Space Camp were heady ones. The camp was a press darling. The New York Times ran an early article, and TV news outlets such as The Today Show and Good Morning America also ran features. Inquiries about Space Camp poured in from around the United States…. Continue reading →

Space Camp Announces 40th Anniversary Celebration

By Vincent | April 26, 2022 - 4:33 pm |April 26, 2022 Space Camp News

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2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Space Camp! This summer, they are celebrating that anniversary with a two-day celebration on June 17th and 18th, 2022. The celebration begins on the evening of June 17th when Space Camp hosts the Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This will be the… Continue reading →

Space Campers Accidentally Sent to Space (Again)!

By Vincent | April 1, 2022 - 9:54 am |April 1, 2022 Space Camp News

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It has happened again! Space Camp has accidentally launched kids from Camp into space! I’m blaming Hoot Gibson this time!

AstroTrek Returns?

By Vincent | March 24, 2022 - 9:23 pm |March 24, 2022 General

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Springtime has marked the end of winter, renewal, rebirth. For many years, spring has also signed the arrival of local fifth-graders to a Space Camp day camp. From Monday through Thursday, parents drop kids off in the mornings; they go through normal Camp activities–simulators, history lessons, mission training, etc.–and go… Continue reading →

The Adventures of Mark and Brian

By Vincent | March 15, 2022 - 7:49 pm |March 15, 2022 HabFiles

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Back in the 80s, there was a pair of popular disc jockeys out of Los Angeles, Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps, who had their own popular, syndicated radio show. In the early 1990s, they were given their own TV show. It was not successful, lasting only one thirteen-episode season. But… Continue reading →

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Space Camp

By Vincent | March 14, 2022 - 8:37 pm |March 14, 2022 Space Camp Artifacts, Space Camp News

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The 2022 Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo is a mere month away, and just today they made the following, remarkably cool post: That’s right! Turtles at Space Camp! It’s a really nifty piece of art! While TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman will be at the Expo signing autographs, you don’t… Continue reading →

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Space Campers Accidentally Sent to Space (Again)!

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