Elite programs at Space Camp are for alumni that recently graduated from an Advanced Space Academy or Aviation Challenge Mach III program, by invitation only and participants must meet specific age requirements. These programs are an extended duration mission program, with enhanced missions and activities within the program that runs a full week long. Participants […]

  Margrit von Braun is an environmental engineer specializing in hazardous waste management and risk assessment. Her father was Dr. Wernher von Braun, the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and led the development of the Saturn V rocket that sent the Apollo astronauts to the moon. Margrit was one of the first women to join the University […]

What a difference you made in a year! In 2020, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® was in danger of closing due to the pandemic. Thanks to more than 9,000 donors in all 50 states and 38 countries, the Center is open and recovering from the near financial disaster. Thanks to our donors, in 2022 […]

Yellowhammer Brewing held a check presentation ceremony as a part of their 11th anniversary celebration on October 16, 2021 to donate $20,000 to Space Camp scholarships. This continues a tradition of supporting not only Space Camp, but the Huntsville community for Yellowhammer Brewing. As a part of their anniversary they had live music and specials […]

With over one million Space Camp Alumni in the world, the alumni of Space Camp programs have gone on to work in a diverse set of career fields with incredibly unique specialties and talents. Space Camp opened in 1982 and captured the attention of many children looking to find a place to increase their knowledge about space exploration and science. What they also found during […]

Thank you to our partners that sponsored World Space Week activities:     The U.S. Space & Rocket Center celebrated World Space Week with a variety of activities throughout the museum during the week. We appreciate our sponsors for the week for helping to make an outstanding educational and entertaining experience for all! Find out […]

During World Space Week, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center held its official groundbreaking of the new Space Camp Operations Center. This building is slated to open in March 2023. Donors that held contribute to the building by accepting the inaugural naming opportunities were in attendance, including: Boeing, Building sponsor Anthony Loomis, lobby sponsor Blue […]

This summer a special gift was given to return a beloved piece of equipment to our Aviation Challenge program. In summer of 2020, the owner of the previous helo dunker on loan to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center requested that it be taken down and returned, thus removing that activity from the program. The […]

  On Tuesday August 17th, renowned Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Col. George Hardy and Lt. Col. James Harvey came to the Aviation Challenge campus to celebrate 30 years of the aviation inspiring program. NASA Astronaut Victor Glover was also in attendance to speak to the Aviation Challenge trainees in the audience about reaching for the stars […]