Originally published on: Mar 17, 2021 Raised in Coalwood, West Virginia, Homer Hickam Jr. began his love of space at an early age. Along with his friends, they named themselves the “Big Creek Missile Agency.” Yet to the town, they were known as “The Rocket Boys,” which became the title of one of Hickam’s best […]

  The US Space & Rocket Center celebrated Space Camp’s 40th Anniversary on Friday, June 17! It was a day filled with amazing guests, new Hall of Fame inductees, and a grand announcement about the future of the Rocket Center. The day began with a special press conference in which Rocket Center CEO Dr. Kimberly […]

On June 13, 1982, Space Camp officially turned 40 years old! 40 years of memories and team building, 40 years of alumni! This occasion was marked with a celebration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Friday June 17, 2022 recognizing the alumni that had passed through the doors and inducting the next class […]

What a night! After two years of COVID and hitting pause on different engagements, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center hosted its first internal event: Apollo to Artemis | The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16. This event that was held on April 20th, allowed us to not only reflect on the 50th anniversary of Apollo […]

On Wednesday, April 20, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16. On that day, fifty years ago, Astronauts Charlie Duke and John Young successfully landed their lunar module on the moon, while Ken Mattingly orbited the moon in the command module. In honor of this mission, we held the Apollo to Artemis dinner underneath the Saturn […]

Mad Scientist Bash was on March 12, 2022 and party goers were excited that the event was able to go forward at its rescheduled date! This was the first public event that the U.S. Space & Rocket Center had been able to hold since the beginning of COVID. This year’s theme was “brain science”, focusing […]

“You’re going to Space Camp!” These are some of the best words that I have ever spoken. Announcements for the General Scholarship Program were made at the end of February to children whose household income falls under the financial need category. The general scholarship had 152 applications from 15 different countries and 31 different states. […]

Mad Scientist Bash was on March 12, 2022 and party goers were excited that the event was able to go forward at its rescheduled date! This year’s theme was “brain science”, focusing on the interworking of the brain and developments in neuroscience that are furthering research in the field. Warren de Wit was the speaker […]

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