Venerable astronaut and great friend to Space Camp, Robert “Hoot” Gibson will be answering your questions on Twitter live during the launch of STS-133 today! Tag your question #askhoot on Twitter. You can see the questions get answered on “Space Camp Live.”
Space Camp has some new simulators on the way! You can get a sneak preview of them in a mini photo gallery. The USSRC Facebook group also posted two more photos for your viewing pleasure. And they want help naming them. Space Camp is adding a new simulated mission and… Continue reading
Space Camp has gained a new look to its websites! The look of the new site was first previewed on the Community site that launched earlier this month. At the time it launched, I thought the Community site had a nice, clean look to it, and that look fits nicely… Continue reading
Space Camp today launched a new website. The Space Camp/Aviation Challenge “Alumni Community” is now live at www.spacecamp.com/community/. Space Camp made the announcement via their Facebook page this morning, but that post was quickly withdrawn. I will speculate that the post was withdrawn because the sign-up process currently requires hands-on… Continue reading
The Huntsville Times has a good article on the Tranquility Base Rendezvous up on their website, along with a photo gallery from the evening. They posted one video as well. Space Camp actually posted some video from the event! You can see a quality recording of the procession of Armstrong… Continue reading
Thursday evening’s event at the Space & Rocket Center was a resounding success! The evening went off without a hitch and all involved were witness to an event nearly as rare as a NASA budget increase: Neil Armstrong in a public speaking engagement. The evening started out with the freshly… Continue reading
While we’re celebrating anniversaries here at hab1, I’m embarrassed to admit that I allowed 2010 to pass without noting that Aviation Challenge turned 20! Though Space Camp has always been my favorite thing, I understand quite clearly what a great program Aviation Challenge truly is. The new Space & Rocket… Continue reading
I would like to thank Space Camp for noting the 10th anniversary of hab1.com on their Facebook fan page yesterday! It was a nice surprise! Thanks, too, to Wes Lyons, for his recognition, and the wonderful support I found in the HabForum!
10 years! 3,652 days! 87,649 hours! 5,259,000 minutes! 315,500,000 seconds! Hab1 has been around a while! It’s been a very interesting ten years! I would like to thank everyone that’s visited over the past decade. I would especially like to thank everyone who has contributed to the HabForum. I have… Continue reading
The Tranquility Base Rendezvous event seems to have sold out, as tickets are no longer available. It’s a shame Neil Armstrong wouldn’t let the Space Center eke out a meager amount of money from the event. Nevertheless, Neil Armstrong is coming and that in and of itself is a very… Continue reading
