Stephanie Abrams returned to New York to resume her Weather Channel duties after an exciting weekend of getting inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame as part of the 30th anniversary of Space Camp.
This morning on Wake Up with Al, Stephanie and Al talked about this past weekend, and showed a few snippets from Friday evening!
Check it out!
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 the showing the film’s producer and author of early drafts of the script Patrick Bailey joined Lee Sentell and Ed Buckbee to give their thoughts on the making of Space Camp.
Lee was one of the technical advisors on the movie as well as the Director of Marketing for Space Camp from 1982-1992. He also serves on the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, the governing body that oversees the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Ed Buckbee was the CEO of the Alabama Space & Rocket Center as well as Space Camp from their inception through 1994.
It was an incredibly exciting event because I highly suspect that, because the film never found commercial success during its theatrical run in 1986, this was probably one of the few times anyone involved in making the film sat down to talk about it. And that’s a shame, because it really is, if nothing else, a fun movie!
Fortunately, you didn’t have to be in attendance to hear the panel. I present to you video of that event, recorded both for your enjoyment as well as for posterity.
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 Camp Hall of Fame.
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:
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 Patrick McLeod. Have a look:
In case you’re looking for some tips on how to wear your hear for “Retro Night” tomorrow, I think this photo will help!
Also today, Danny Engesser posted a link on Space Camp’s Facebook page to his Flickr gallery of photos from his time at Space Camp, in June of 1988. Check it out. He even has a few more photos of Pathfinder without any SRBs.
Finally, Mike Flachbart posted to his twitter feed a picture of the very first group of kids to ever attend Space Camp:
Incredible!
Space Camp in Huntsville isn’t the only Space Camp celebrating an anniversary this week.
Just as Space Camp was reaching legal age, Space Camp Turkey was born!
Space Camp Turkey is currently celebrating its twelfth anniversary!
Congratulations!
To celebrate the occasion, I have overhauled the turkey photos in the HabPhotos section. Newer, better photos have replaced the old ones, once again courtesy of former Space Camp Turkey counselor and HabForum member, Matthew Danner.
Continuing with the old photo motif from the Slate gallery, today’s look-back goes back to 1991.
Former Space Camp counselor Matt Hetman was kind enough to provide a nice variety of Space Camp photos from the very beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century.
This week marks the 30th anniversary of Space Camp. Three decades!
Obviously Space Camp has evolved and changed over the years. Let’s take a look back!
First up, have a look at Space Camp in its earliest days.
Slate has a photo gallery of Space Camp in the early 80’s. Photos include the very first Training Center Floor, simulators, rocket launch, and of course a photo of the day George H.W. Bush attended camp!
Enjoy!
As part of the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Space Camp will again hold a silent auction. Items donated by individuals and corporations will be on display during the ceremony where people will be able to bid on them. But, just like in 2010, you don’t have to be present to have a chance at something amazing.
Because Space Camp has received so many great items from some various generous donors, some items have been made available to the world at large on eBay.
There are 13 auctions in total:
These are really fantastic items that only make me more excited to see what will be auctioned off during the Hall of Fame ceremony!
All proceeds go directly to help provide scholarships so kids can attend Space Camp!
Auctions are running from now until 9pm CDT on June 15, 2012.
Happy bidding!
As Space Camp proudly pointed out on their Twitter feed, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks congratulated Space Camp from the floor of the House of Representatives today.
