Space Camp has hired Trip Ferguson away from Remington’s Huntsville operations and made him the new Vice President of Space Camp Programs.
The news broke via the January USSRC Newsletter, as shown below!
Congratulations on getting the gig, Trip, and welcome to Space Camp!
For the second time this year, the day after Christmas, a fire broke out at Space Camp.
Fortunately, for the second time this year, no one was injured.
This fire was much more major and completely torched the roof on what had been the former “Mission to Mars” Space Camp simulator. The building itself has not been used in any capacity for years.
Robert Pearlman, collectSpace editor and Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee, posted a great overview of the event as it happened.
Local media has since posted up-to-date photos. WHNT has aerial photos showing the damage.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
If you’re going to wake up early to head out and camp in line somewhere well, before you do, be sure to check out the annual Space Camp Black Friday discount on camp programs!
Marshall Space Flight Center sent out an invite to its employees stating,
Marshall team members are invited to join ABC news for a special LIVE broadcast at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Thursday, Sept. 17, from 5:00-8:00 a.m. Participants must arrive no later than 5:00 a.m. and wear red shirts. ABC news is looking for a large crowd to be on TV in their audience. Parking will be provided near the entrance of the museum.
This broadcast will highlight Marshall Center’s contributions to human spaceflight.
And Space Camp just sent the following message:
There you have it! Tune in tomorrow morning at 7:30am CDT to your local ABC affiliate!
If you haven’t noticed on Space Camp’s Twitter feed, they’ll be featured on the Today Show tomorrow!
Tune in!
Update: Space Camp has posted the video to their YouTube Channel, and here it is!
Space Camp has uploaded all four of the inductees’ introduction videos to their YouTube channel in record time!
The prerecorded comments by Susanna Phillips and Kate Rubins are now available too, as are the remarks made by Elizabeth Bierman and Bobak Ferdowsi.
I’ve created a playlist with all of them for your convenience! Or you can view them all individually:
Most of the clips and presentations from the 2015 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony (as well as the educator graduation) are now posted on the Hab1.com YouTube channel!
There is an issue with the Indian presentation, as a video they showed caused the owner of that clip to use YouTube’s content ID system and issue a copyright strike against me. It might be six months until I can post the entirety of the opening ceremony (or any other clip longer than 10 minutes).
These things happen.
No worries! You can head straight to the 2015 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony YouTube playlist, or take a look at the individual selections below:
A few lucky Space Campers had the good fortune today to visit the Marshall Space Flight Center and hear NASA Astronaut Barry Eugene “Butch” Wilmore talk about his recent time aboard the International Space Station.
Besides talking about the highlights of his trips to space, Wilmore took several opportunities to stress the importance of a STEM education if one is interested in pursuing a career as an Astronaut.
Several local news outlets covered the event, and you can read and watch more about his visit if you are so inclined.
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 of Fame auction has required you to be present to bid, but this year is the complete opposite!
Everything is up for auction on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/ussrc_foundation/m.html
Bid early, bid often, and come away with something nice!
