Dr. Georg von Tiesenhausen passed away in the late evening of Sunday, June 3, 2018. He was 104 years old. One of the original scientists to come over to America with Dr. Wernher von Braun, Dr. von T helped get America to the moon. More importantly, he was a great friend… Continue reading
The Mars Generation, a space advocacy group started by Abigail “Astronaut Abby” Harrison, is offering full scholarships to Space Camp for those kids out there whose families can otherwise not afford a trip to Space Camp. What makes this scholarship unique is that, in addition to covering the Space Camp… Continue reading
SpaceCamp is finally getting a Blu-Ray release! September 26, 2017 is the day! And it’s available for preorder at Amazon! The distributor of the film, Kino Lorber, was kind enough to send me an advance copy of the film, and I am here to give you my thoughts! The short… Continue reading
Two weeks ago, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was on hand at Tthe Space & Rocket Center to announce a staggering $10 million grant to Space Camp to provide the initial funding for a new cyber security camp! The money will presumably be used to fund new facilities to help facilitate… Continue reading
Yahoo Movies has an interview with Lea Thompson. During the nearly half-hour interview, the actress made some rare comments about SpaceCamp! The entire interview can be seen here at Yahoo! Movies, but the relevant SpaceCamp section can be viewed below:
Atlantis may be gone, but there’s a new capsule simulator in the floor at Space Camp! The new capsule can be seen on the left side of the photo, on the opposite side of the Training Center Floor from the other space capsule simulator, seen on the far right side… Continue reading
Today NASA announeced a dozen new Astronaut Candidates (“AsCans”) and, as it turns out, two of them have been to Space Camp! Jasmin Moghbeli graduated from the Advanced Space Academy program and Bob Hines went to Space Camp! Once they completely their training, it will bring the total number of Space… Continue reading
Atlantis has flown her last mission. Yesterday, Space Camp made the following post to their facebook page: And so ends a very long era. Atlantis came to Space Camp in 1986, after its use in SpaceCamp the movie had finished. Farewell, Atlantis. You were a good ship. You did your namesake… Continue reading
I’m behind on this by a few weeks, granted. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the class for the 2017 Space Camp Hall of Fame and it is a special one! First up, NASA Astronaut Dr. Serena Aũnón-Chancellor shall be inducted. Serena is the fourth Space Camp alumna Astronaut to… Continue reading
NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge (formally known as The Great Moonbuggy Race) begins tomorrow, March 31, and runs through Saturday! The event will be live streamed on Marshall Space Flight Center’s USTREAM page, and details throughout the event can be viewed on the Challenge’s Facebook page. Good luck to all… Continue reading
