Mission Updates

By Ignacio Ramos, Space Camp Alum Sometimes a single week can change an entire lifetime. For many, Space Camp is just one week in the summer. For others, it’s simply another fun activity. For me, it was — literally — a dream come true. A caress to my past self. A once-in-a-lifetime experience that I […]

I was 15 years old when I stood in the West Texas desert and watched a rocket carry my mom into space.

In May 2025, she launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard as part of the NS-32 mission, becoming the first woman physician commercial astronaut.

Jared Isaacman, astronaut and leader of the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn missions to space, is making a second significant donation to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for its Space Camp programs. In July during the annual Space Camp Alumni Reunion Weekend, Isaacman announced a gift of $15 million for the Inspiration4 Skills Training Complex, […]

Educator alum Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge and Space Camp alum Dr. Gretchen Green will join the 12th human flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program. Amy Jorge attended the Space Camp Academy for Educators in 2024 and would be the first educator alumna to go to space. She is a high school and middle school STEM […]

Four-time Space Camper (And U.S. Space and Rocket Center Education Foundation Board Secretary) Dr. Gretchen Green is no regular Space Camp® alumna, having received education at Harvard, Yale, and Brown on her way to practicing as a radiologist in North Carolina.  A clear leader in her field and expert in her scientific craft, Dr. Green […]

Space Camp Hall-of-Famer Danny Jaques is a teacher, leader, and lover of space … but what you may know him from most is his one-of-a-kind salsa.  The creator of Danny’s Rocket Ranch Space Salsa, Jaques mixes every single bag of salsa himself, producing 250-300 bags of salsa a day by “doing it the old-fashioned way.” […]