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 […]
Mission Updates
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 […]
Aviation Challenge Trainees Enjoy Program’s Reopening
Aviation Challenge was temporarily halted in 2020 due to the COVID-pandemic, and the only camps that ran were Space Camp specific programs during that season. As Space Camp welcomed not […]
Space Camp Reopens for 2021
Space Camp is back! The first trainees were welcomed back to Space Camp during the week of May 23, 2021, and Space Camp staff was overjoyed that the program was […]
The Archives
When it comes to science, to exploration, and to space, we tend to look forward. We test our next thesis. We map our next journey. We plan our next mission. […]
Return to Space Camp
Space Camp week-long programs return in May 2021! Thanks to the success of the Save Space Camp campaign, camp is being readied to open to week-long program students in May […]
Space Camp Alumni Volunteer to Help Prepare for Reopening
Space Camp Alumni held an Alumni Volunteer weekend on April 10th and 11th, 2021 to help support the reopening of Space Camp! Many activities around campus needed to be completed, […]
Pathfinder Orbiter Touches Down to Earth
Visitors to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will find something missing from the Center’s celebrated spaceline. Starting with the wings, then moving to the engines, tail, and fuselage, the […]
Saluting Our Corporate Sponsors
All systems are GO for Space Camp to open in May. According to Robin Soprano, vice president of camp and operations, Alabama Public Health orders and CDC guidance on how […]