It seems a fire has broken out in the Mars Grill area of the main museum wing at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Local news stations have more: WHNT 19 WAAY 31 AL.com WAFF 48 It seems the fire has been contained and, thankfully, no injuries have been reported.
It’s a sad day at Space Camp today. The long, impressive tenure of Ruth Marie Oliver, aka Crosswind, aka Ping–but best known as Red Bull–comes to an end today. For many, many years Ruth has been the one most responsible for making sure the trains run on time down at… Continue reading
As if the roster of Astronauts confirmed for Space Camp’s Alumni Festival wasn’t enough for you, a number of Astronauts are going to be visiting Space Camp throughout the summer as well! And you can have lunch with them! This past Friday, Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson kicked off a summer… Continue reading
It’s been just a few days north of a year since the Space & Rocket Center’s very first crowdsourcing campaign, Land a Shuttle Training Aircraft at the Space & Rocket Center, successfully raised $71,340 from 307 donors on Indiegogo in an effort to bring a Shuttle Training Aircraft to the Space &… Continue reading
Oscar Holderer, member of Wernher von Braun’s team, died today, May 5, 2015. He was 95 years old. Oscar was a great friend to Space Camp over the years, for it was he who designed many of the simulators in use at Space Camp, including the 1/6 Chair, 5DF, and… Continue reading
The second annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge begins tomorrow! Though the race is only in its second year, it is a direct continuation of the “Great Moonbuggy Race,” which ran for twenty years at the Space & Rocket Center before its renaming last year. As usual, if you can’t make… Continue reading
The Alabama Space & Rocket Center opened its doors 40 years ago today, on March 17, 1970! Head on over to their Facebook page and see the wonderful video advertisement they posted from the early years! And if you’re local, join in the celebration at this week’s Biergarten event and walk… Continue reading
There’s a new book just out about the development of the Space Transportation System and the very early years of the Space Shuttle Program. The book, Bold They Rise, is the culmination of years of research from authors David Hitt and Heather R. Smith. The book itself is part of the… Continue reading
With 28 hours left, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has hit its $70,000 funding goal on the STA Indiegogo campaign! With $69,070 raised, an anonymous contributor made a $1,000 donation to get the campaign across the finish line! But just because the original goal has been met, don’t believe for… Continue reading
The end is so close, in more ways than one. There are only 3 days left to make a contribution to help land a Shuttle Training Aircraft at the Space & Rocket Center. The total collected thus far stands at $57,848, a mere $12,152 away from the goal! We’re almost… Continue reading
