Four-time Space Camper (And U.S. Space and Rocket Center Education Foundation Board Chair) 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.” […]

Drummer for Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, Rock & Roll Hall-of-Fame inductee, Grammy Award winner and friend of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation. Chris Vrenna’s career has been anything but standard mission protocol.  Vrenna joined our podcast Dare to Explore to talk about music, space, and how a meaningful, committed mission […]

Husband and wife duo Michael and Denise Okuda have worked in science fiction television for more than three decades as graphic designers, artists and technical consultants. Together, they have worked on six Star Trek films, as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Picard, and even writing the Star Trek […]

Suzanne Saltz was a First Assistant Director and Director on the hit television program NCIS Los Angeles. She’s worked on shows such as Six Feet Under, Bones and Pushing Daisies. Suzanne is an active member of the Director’s Guild of America, Alliance of Women Directors, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  Though she […]

Margrit von Braun is an environmental engineer specializing in hazardous waste management and risk assessment. She was one of the first women to join the University of Idaho College of Engineering faculty in 1980,and served as their Dean of the College of Graduate Studies. Margrit’s father was Dr. Wernher von Braun, the first director of […]

Dorothy “Dottie” Metcalf-Lindenberger is best known for her work as an American astronaut, becoming the very first Space Camp® alumna to fulfill this dream that so many campers have as they walk through the doors for the very first time. However, her love of exploration began far before she had her sights forever locked on […]

Homer Hickam is best known for his work as a NASA engineer and his memoir Rocket Boys, which inspired the movie October Sky, but Hickam’s contributions to the scientific community extend beyond the realm of space exploration. His lesser-known but equally fascinating foray into paleontology has unveiled a series of extraordinary discoveries, particularly in the realm of Tyrannosaurus […]

Welcome to the newest Space Camp Alumni Association Board member! After an application process that began in September 2022 for one open seat on the board and a series of interviews throughout the end of the year with interested alumni, Christopher Mick was selected to fill the open seat on the Space Camp Alumni Association […]