During the 25th anniversary, Space Camp issued monthly newsletters in order to update newsletter receipients as to what was going on. Another feature was a featured alumnus and what they were up to in the present day. Space Camp seems on the verge of doing at least the latter again… Continue reading
Remember way back when, back when the Training Center Floor used to look like this: The training center was nice and open and, perhaps most importantly, it was easily viewable by museum visitors as they walked between the museum and Shuttle Park. How many kids do you think went to… Continue reading
Fred Haise will visit the Space & Rocket Center next Friday, March 18, 2011. USSRC members received notification today: Join us on Friday, March 18, 2011, at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration as the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Passing the Torch Lecture Series presents Fred Haise, Apollo 13… Continue reading
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 Space Camp made the announcement via their Facebook page this morning, but that post was quickly withdrawn. I will speculate that the post was withdrawn because the sign-up process currently requires hands-on… Continue reading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
