Saturday evening capped off the 2016 Space Camp Summer Fest with the annual Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony! A few hours before the event, all of the previously inducted Hall of Famers in town for the event gathered for a little rehearsal. Like last year, we were invited… Continue reading
Saturday was the big day! Saturday held the Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony! Before the ceremony, there were, of course, more opportunities to dive in the Underwater Astronaut Trainer, fly missions with Astronauts, and run missions from Mission Control with actual NASA flight operations staff! At 10:30 in… Continue reading
Friday is when the Space Camp Summer Fest really starts to get going! I spent a good chunk of Friday morning helping Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Michelle Lucas prep items for the silent auction. Others, meanwhile, enjoyed time in the UAT, flying in the sims with Hoot Gibson… Continue reading
Last weekend marked the second annual alumni weekend, rechristened “Space Camp Summer Fest!” The weekend is a time to celebrate Space Camp, Space Campers, and highlight all of the amazing goings on at camp. Like last year, the weekend started off with the Thursday night Biergarten. The Biergarten is a great… Continue reading
The ebay portion of the 2016 Hall of Fame auction has just started, and all of the items available for sale via ebay will be up by the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday). Anything that doesn’t sell at the silent auction at the Induction Ceremony Saturday will be put… Continue reading
This past Sunday, on ABC’s second episode of the new $100,000 Pyramid show, a Science teacher named Kristen was asked what she would do if she won the $50,000 she was playing for, and Space Camp was brought into the conversation! While she ultimately went home with $19,000, I’m not… Continue reading
The last episode of this seasons’ acclaimed HBO news series, Vice, will feature footage and interviews shot at the Marshall Space Flight Center and Space Camp! The segment will center around the future of spaceflight and the ongoing public and private space efforts. The episode will begin airing on July 1, 2016… Continue reading
Joining Larry B. Scott to induct the SpaceCamp cast, the movie’s director, Harry Winer, will be on hand! Additionally, on Friday, July 15, at 6pm, Larry and Harry will sit for a very special screening of SpaceCamp, providing commentary for the duration of the movie. Afterwards, there will be a… Continue reading
It worked! Larry B. Scott will be coming back to Huntsville for this year’s SummerFest to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of SpaceCamp! And that’s not all! To celebrate the great service the movie has done for Space Camp over the last thirty years, the entire cast of SpaceCamp… Continue reading
Thirty years ago today, SpaceCamp went into theaters like a lion. That it went out like a lamb is incidental. The movie that would give a lot of kids the idea to go to Space Camp was released onto the world, and we’re all better for having seen it! The… Continue reading
