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Aviation Challenge Returns

Aviation Challenge programs returned to the Space Camp roster this summer 2021, after a brief pause for the summer 2020 season. During COVID-19 when camp numbers were greatly reduced, the program was unable to run in what would have been its 30th program year.

This summer, the program is back and at almost full enrollment! Trainees are taking part in aviation education, survival training, flight simulations, and water activities on the Aviation Challenge grounds. The program will celebrate its 30th program year in 2021.

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Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey Visits Space Camp to Celebrate Reopening

On Thursday June 3, 2021, Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama made a visit to the Space Camp mission training floor to celebrate the reopening of Space Camp. Space Camp programs and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center shuttered temporarily for a period of two months in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Space […]
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Inspiration4 Crew Visits Space Camp

On July 1st, 2021 the crew of Inspiration4 stopped by Aviation Challenge and Space Camp, to chat with trainees and try their hand at some of the Space Camp simulators. The crew of Inspiration4 is the first all-civilian crew and they will be journeying to space in September 2021 aboard a SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft. The […]
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