2021 AlumniFest Patch Design Contest Announcement The future of human space exploration is brighter than ever- look at all the amazing crewed spaceflights in the past year, including those from NASA, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin! For many of us, our inspiration truly “blasted off” during our time at Space Camp. Let’s come together […]

Save the Date for Space Camp AlumniFest 2021! This year’s Space Camp AlumniFest 2021 will be a hybrid event with opportunities for alumni to participate in person at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and with virtual components as well. The Space Camp Alumni Association Board is working on Space Camp AlumniFest 2021 that will […]

As summer 2021 winds down, it brings reflection of how far Space Camp programs have come since the 2020 season, and how far they still have yet to go to get back to pre-pandemic levels. Space Camp programs returned in summer 2021 after weathering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that began in spring 2020. […]

On July 1st, 2021 the crew of Inspiration4 stopped by Aviation Challenge and Space Camp, to chat with trainees and try their hand at some of the Space Camp simulators. The crew of Inspiration4 is the first all-civilian crew and they will be journeying to space in September 2021 aboard a SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft. The […]

Aviation Challenge programs returned to the Space Camp roster this summer 2021, after a brief pause for the summer 2020 season. During COVID-19 when camp numbers were greatly reduced, the program was unable to run in what would have been its 30th program year. This summer, the program is back and at almost full enrollment! […]

On Thursday June 3, 2021, Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama made a visit to the Space Camp mission training floor to celebrate the reopening of Space Camp. Space Camp programs and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center shuttered temporarily for a period of two months in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Space […]

Aviation Challenge was temporarily halted in 2020 due to the COVID-pandemic, and the only camps that ran were Space Camp specific programs during that season. As Space Camp welcomed not only a slightly higher capacity of students in summer 2021, it also brought back the Aviation Challenge and U.S. Cyber Camp programs. Camps across the […]

Space Camp is back! The first  trainees were welcomed back to Space Camp during the week of May 23, 2021, and Space Camp staff was overjoyed that the program was returning for its 39th season. In 2021, Space Camp programs, including Aviation Challenge and U.S. Cyber Camp, will welcome students from the contiguous United States […]

When it comes to science, to exploration, and to space, we tend to look forward. We test our next thesis. We map our next journey. We plan our next mission. We take one small step forward every single day, but rarely do we pause to think about where we’re stepping from. What mission was accomplished, […]