Throwback Camp Photos (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center) During the 1980s, Space Campers got to don spacesuits and conduct EVAs on the lunar surface! Can you imagine wearing spacesuits under the hot, Alabama sun? 

  New Exhibit, Space Station: Science On Orbit Changes are afoot at the Mission Center Complex.  Endeavour is moving to make room for a new, permanent exhibit ‘Space Station: Science On Orbit’. This exciting, new exhibit will immerse visitors in the engineering that went into the International Space Station as well as the science taking […]

Throwback Camp Photos  (Photo courtesy U.S. Space & Rocket Center) Does this look familiar to you?  This is how the Training Center Floor (Now the Mission Center Floor) appeared in the early 1990’s.  Some of the Simulators shown are the Multi Axis Trainers (2), Space Station Mobility Trainer, Manned Maneuvering Unit simulator, Mars Mission simulator, and the […]

  Our Mission Has Just Begun… In 2014 the 650,000+ alumni of the Space Camp and Aviation Challenge programs took a significant step forward in ensuring a bright future for current and future program trainees and also establishing a forum to connect with each other: we formed the Alumni Advancement Board. Chartered with creating ways for […]

ATTENTION ALL SPACE CAMP ALUMNI IN THE FLORIDA SPACE COAST REGION AND/OR THOSE ATTENDING THE ORION EFT-1 LAUNCH: The Space Camp Alumni Advancement Board will be participating in a pre-launch dinner Wednesday, December 3rd beginning at 6:00PM at El Leoncito in Titusville, FL (El Leoncito – 4280 S. Washington Ave (US#1); Titusville, FL 32780 http://elleoncito.com/ […]

This summer at Alumni Weekend, Katie Roller Schulz Ditchen, Chair of the Fundraising Committee, and I, Ben Chandler, your Vice-Chair of the Alumni Advancement Board, had the privilege of presenting four incredible alumni with awards to honor their commitment to alumni advancement during the Hall of Fame dinner. These particular alumni have devoted a substantial amount of time and […]

As I sit here having finally caught my breath from a wonderful whirlwind Alumni Weekend, I can’t help but reflect on the past 6 months and where we’ve been as a new “alumni movement.” While looking over my shoulder at the runway behind us, it’s hard to resist looking skyward with child-like excitement on what […]

Welcome to EAA Airventure 2014! We’re here! This year the Space Camp Alumni community joined forces with Space Camp, Aviation Challenge, Space Camp Robotics, and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to support a week-long experience at the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration: EAA Airventure. Alumni have stopped in to visit us going all the way […]

Whether you’re a first-generation Space Camp graduate from the 1980s, or a new trainee about to attend one of the many fantastic programs at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for the first time hoping to “peek under the curtain” – I’m glad you stopped by! SpaceCampAlumni.com is operated by the recently formed Space Camp […]