Five time shuttle astronaut and friend of Space Camp, Robert “Hoot” Gibson, will be competing for charity on the game show, “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader,” tonight. I had the opportunity to speak with Hoot after his return from taping the episode of the show this past July… Continue reading
The 2008 Space Camp Hall of Fame webcast is now up online as a streaming video! The link to the video was just posted to the Alumni Page as follows: View the July 19, 2008 Hall of Fame induction ceremony … today. This video is approximately 3 hours in length… Continue reading
Well. Space Camp has yet to get the Hall of Fame ceremony video onto the internet for those that may have missed it, but that hasn’t stopped someone from posting the wonderful videos that were produced for each Hall of Fame inductee. Captain Phil Smith Oscar Holderer Lisa Devries Vincent… Continue reading
The Netherlands came to International Space Camp 2008 not in what might be thought of as traditional dress for the Dutch (namely clothes that look good when worn near windmills), but rather dressed in attire better suited to the modern Dutch soccer-hooligan. Go Orange Crush!
First up from the International Space Camp opening ceremony international presentations is Australia. The Ausses decided to help the rest of the world decode their “English,” and that was mighty kind of them!
This past Saturday opened International Space Camp 2008! Here I present to you the opening procession. A few things to keep in mind: 1) Not only are international students and teachers invited to International Space Camp, but the United States Teachers of the Year from all states and territories come… Continue reading
We’re just north of a week now since the 2nd annual Space Camp Hall of Fame happened. Whew! Time moves fast! Before we get too far away from that momentous evening, I want to make sure I cover a few things: First, thanks again to everyone at the Space &… Continue reading
ISC kicked off this morning for America’s Teachers of the Year as well as the international teachers with a presentation by Christa McAuliffe’s mother, Grace Corrigan. Grace is an absolutely wonderful lady who continually does her daughter’s memory proud by speaking to groups around the country about her daughter and… Continue reading
After last weekend’s events, there’s no rest of the possibly weary staff of the Space Center. They worked really hard to make sure last weekend’s festivities were fantastic and they’re no doubt working just as hard to make sure that the 2008 International Space Camp opening ceremony goes off without… Continue reading
Some very lucky Space Academy trainees were able to go to Marshall Space Flight Center today to see a few Expedition 15 and Expedition 16 crew members. Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson were kind enough to spend some time with some… Continue reading
