Do you live near or in New York City? Come celebrate the induction into the Space Camp Hall of Fame for Susanna Phillips at The Juilliard School in New York City, Thursday, June 18 at 4 p.m. Susanna is a Space Camp alumna and American opera singer who has sung leading lyric soprano roles at the Lyric […]

Opening on the Space Camp Alumni Advancement Board The  Space Camp Alumni Advancement Board (AAB) has an opening for a regular member. In order to be eligible, a regular member must be a graduate of Space Camp, Aviation Challenge, Robotics, an affiliate program, or be a former Space & Rocket Center staff member. We are […]

Eagle 102, F-14 Refurbishment During filming of TOP GUN at NAS Miramar, one special F-14 designated Eagle 102 was based there. Eight years after TOP GUN’s release, Eagle 102 arrived at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. In the last twenty years Eagle 102 has been on display, the harsh elements of Alabama weather and […]

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 […]