With 12 days left, the Space & Rocket Center’s first crowd funding campaign has surpassed the halfway point, currently standing at $35,851. The final days shall no doubt be fast and furious, and there’s still time for you to get in on the action! Take me up on the $5… Continue reading
The 21st annual Great Moonbuggy Race has been rechristened this year as the first annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge. This event, jointly held by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has seen several important new changes for this year. While the moonbuggies previously had… Continue reading
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is now halfway through their Indiegogo campaign. Thirty days in, $28,046 has been raised thus far! The bad news is, this is slightly off pace to meet the $70,000 goal. The good news is, there’s still an entire month left! If you have yet… Continue reading
Space Camp will launch an all new design for their websites complete with brand new content (e.g. produced promotional videos) within the next few weeks! This move has been in the works for a while, but has become increasingly necessary since the Space Camp / Aviation Challenge websites went down… Continue reading
Though it had to be moved indoors from its planned Shuttle Park location, the press conference held today at Space Camp otherwise went off without a hitch. U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Deborah Barnhart, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission Chair Col. Roosevelt Lewis (Ret.), Space Camp Alumni Advisory Board… Continue reading
The US Space & Rocket Center turns 44 today! To commemorate this event, and to make some important announcements regarding the Shuttle Training Aircraft Indiegogo campaign, there will be a press conference at 10am in Shuttle Park at the Space & Rocket Center today. You’re absolutely invited to come out and… Continue reading
Space Camp has launched a new crowd-funding initiative! Hosted on indiegogo, Space Camp is attempting to secure funds to bring NASA’s Shuttle Training Aircraft, a modified Gulfstream II airplane, to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The USSRC has set a funding goal of $70,000, and they’re offering various incentives depending… Continue reading
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is set to receive nearly a million dollars from NASA! Over four years, the Space Center will receive $998,000 as part of a grant to help get more kids to pursue STEM careers. From the article: Deborah Barnhart, chief executive officer of the U.S…. Continue reading
Former CEO and founder of Space Camp, Ed Buckbee was featured along with this photo on the front page of this morning’s Huntsville Times: Mr. Buckbee, the founder of Space Camp and longtime CEO of the Space & Rocket Center, will be honored by the Alabama Tourism Department tomorrow evening… Continue reading
It’s that time of the year! Tomorrow starts the first race day of the 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race! Nearly 100 teams from all over the world have descended upon Huntsville, Alabama! The races begin tomorrow morning at 7:30am CDT. You can view the event live either in person or live over… Continue reading
