When you came to Space Camp, did you ever look up at the big Space Camp sign and wish you could take it home? No? Well, now you can buy it, anyway! The old-logo sign is one of many items–some space related, some not, all great–up for auction this week! In most years, the Hall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Space Campers, MSFC employees, and members of the general public gathered at the Davidson Center on Thursday and Friday mornings to view the successful launch and landing splashdown of the Orion test vehicle. Along with your name and mine, NASA flew some Space Camp artifacts too! Basically a nice “one of everything” collection of the various awards […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The year was 1988 when the very second Space Camp, Space Camp Florida, opened its doors. This video was produced that year to highlight a week at Space Camp Florida, showing many of the activities Space Camp Florida kids would undergo over the course of the week! Oddly, the occasional viewing of a shuttle launch was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alumni Advancement Board is looking for volunteers to help clean and prepare several artifacts around Camp over the course of this summer, and you can help! First on the list, volunteers are going to meet this Saturday morning to work on the F-16 down at Aviation Challenge! If you’re interested, sign up on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s quite a bit of great conversation going on in the HabForum right now about the early days of Space Camp. And some great photos have been posted as well! I would be remiss if I did not point you to them specifically. A great series of early Pathfinder photos have been posted in this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just because the 30th anniversary weekend is over doesn’t mean the retro train must stop! Diane O’Keefe kindly sent along these photos from 1988!
Former counselor Matt Hetman sent along a few more photos and a story from his time at Space Camp. You can see his previous photos here. Read on for the story, The “Donut Man” of Space Camp…
Due to some gross oversight on my part, I never posted the remarks from the 2009 Space Camp Hall of Fame inductees. They’re up now though. You can head on over to the Hab1 YouTube channel and see the remarks of Jim Allan, Jerry Gleason, and Robert Pearlman as they are inducted into the Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just received yet another team picture from the 80s. You keep sending them, I’ll keep posting them! Especially during this, the 30th birthday of Space Camp! Mark Lopa wrote to me with the following: Hello Vincent, I just found my group picture from Space Camp. I was a pilot on the Challenger Level II […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thanks, I’m sure, to the 30th anniversary of Space Camp, I’ve noticed more photos resurfacing from the 80s. This is a good thing, as the farther back we go, the harder it is to find what Space Camp looked and felt like during its first decade. Just today I received an 1988 team photo from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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