Aviation Challenge started at Space Camp in 1990, as a way for trainees to experience pilot training simulations and experience water survival techniques used by pilots as well. Coming off the heels of the successful 1986 film ‘Top Gun’, Avaiation Challenge gave trainees an experience that increased their leadership and team building skills, as well […]

November 19, 2019 is National Camp Day, celebrating the experiences and independence that children gain while attending summer camps. On social media today, we are asking the Space Camp Alumni “share their swag”, to share different items that they have from their time at a Space Camp program! Visit our private Facebook group, just for Space […]

A big ‘thank you’ to Huntsville’s Team Rocket Tri-Club for presenting representatives from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation with a check for $3500 to donate to the Space Camp General Scholarship Fund! Their generous donation will help children attend Space Camp that might not otherwise have […]

Hooray! It’s National STEM Day! We’re celebrating all things Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics! Space Camp programs including Space Academy, Advanced Space Academy, Aviation Challenge, Robotics Camp, and U.S. Cyber Camp build confidence, encourage curiosity, and hone leadership skills. For a lot of Space Camp Alumni, STEM is not only a passion – but it […]

For Schelly Corry (nee Finch), science was always something that captured her interest, but attending Space Camp in 1988 was what gave her the realization that it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. “I left the program with the realization that I can do science… I am going to […]

A new series on Space Camp Alumni social media, on Graduation Fridays we ask, “Where have your wings taken you?” The coming year is an exciting one for the Space Camp Alumni Association, with a number of networking events to take place across the country for alumni of Space Camp programs to connect at regional […]

History was made on Friday October 18, 2019, when the first all woman spacewalk occured outside the International Space Station. Astronaut Christina Koch and Astronaut Jessica Meir became the first two woman to complete a spacewalk together. The spacewalk was the 221st space excursion from the International Space Station.  During the spacewalk, they replaced a […]

Do you remember your time training on the Mission Training Floor at Space Camp? In our latest video, we share the Mission Training Floor in its past and current state! Mission training is the culmination of the time spent training with your team and learning different concepts to complete a successful mission.

by Suzanne Saltz Back in 2007, a seven-year-old boy and his father took an epic father and son trip to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. What is more amazing is that the trip was all chronicled in an article written by the father, John Horn which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on July 15, […]