Space Camp would like to AXE them a few Questions

A few weeks ago, AXE Body Spray, that awful product teenage boys bathe in, released a series of ads featuring Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.  You might have seen them. The trouble is, they’ve been using these ads to heavily promote their “AXE Apollo Space Academy” and their “Space Camp.”… Continue reading

Welcome Counselors

Space Camp has new counselors (yes, yes…”crew trainers”)! This very evening, a brand new batch of counselors graduated from training! Graduation was held in The Challenger Auditorium in Habitat II. The counselors had been divided into three teams during training–Gibson, Musgrave, and Springer–and provided with a veteran mentor counselor. Team… Continue reading

Busy Day, Weekend at Space Camp

This weekend is a busy one! Today, bus tours finally resume to the Marshall Space Flight Center. Space Warriors starts filming on location at Space Camp today! Author Willie Mosley will be on hand from 1pm to 2pm to sign his book, Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot, his book about astronaut Stu Roosa. The… Continue reading

Space Camp 30th Anniversary – Weekend Recap

Space Camp celebrated its 30th Anniversary this weekend with a series of notable events. Thursday, June 14, 2012 The 30th anniversary events started off on Thursday as Space Camp held its “Retro Night.” Upon check-in, guests were greeted to a bag of swag: The bag itself is a Space Camp… Continue reading

Space Camp 30th Anniversary – SpaceCamp

Space Camp kicked off their 30th anniversary this past Thursday evening with “Retro Night,” and a public viewing of SpaceCamp. Harry Winer, the film’s director, was  unable to attend, but sent along a short video, played before the move, sending his best wishes and brief thoughts on the movie. After… Continue reading