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, […]

by Suzanne Saltz and Chad Driver On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 8:32 a.m. EST participants from all around the globe set off model rockets. This Global Rocket Launch commemorated the historic launch of a Huntsville-designed Saturn V rocket, which ferried the Apollo 11 crew to the moon on that exact day and time back […]

July 12-20, 2019, marked a special week of celebration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Coupled with the annual Rocket City Summer Fest and Space Camp Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, were a week full of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch and landing. The Rocket City Summer Fest […]

October 4-10, 2019 marked the annual ‘World Space Week’ as designated by the United Nations General Assembly. World Space Week serves as a time for space enthusiasts to come together to celebrate the achievements made in space exploration and infuse the next generation with the excitement of space! Activities happened across the world for World […]