Its great to hear that. All of campers go onto great things in life, but to have one that has been in space is truly amazing.

From the mouth of a tech at Space Camp: The campers height must be equal to the height of the gate at the front of the MAT. There are two different size MAT, big (red) and small (yellow), one of the larger ones requires a height of 5'3" (an non adjustable foot plate requires that the campers le...

I had a phone interview with them last winter. The questions they asked were pretty basic, interests, skills and things like that. The two other questions they asked were about my ideas on working at a camp (their looking for you to say that you like kids and think having them learn new things is im...

Well Kap at AC that is no longer done. I don't know if it started before this summer or this was the first summer but AC trainees no longer wear there name tag upside down. We were told in counselor training it was because we get real pilots who come to graduation and we won'tdisrespect them by wea...

I know that down at the lake all of my counselor insisted on having us wear our name tags upside down, and at graduation they switched them for us. This was always a moment of pride in my life, because as my counselors explained it, we were joining an elite group and becoming their equals. As for my...

I had a phone interview today with the USSRC HR people and a program leader, they gave me a tentative job offer! Its really exciting. Is there anything I am not thinking of that I need to ask? Any suggestions of things to bring beyond the packing list? Any advice about being a counselor?

-KAP

Ive never seen Space Camp, but any former ACers out there, how many times have you seen Top Gun????


I think I lost count around time eight

So this is not necessarily my first space camp memory but its up there. I went to Space Camp Florida back in 96 or 97 and my flight was delayed coming home. So I spent an extra night at camp and left for the airport with another camper the next day. The counselor driving the van said we had to make ...

20 years old from new jersey by way of pittsburgh (id pick jersey any day, pittsburgh is currently cold and miserable)

Hey- I applied to become a counselor after getting this email (I am an SC/AC alumni) and was wondering about something. How does one go about becoming an Aviation Challenge counselor specifically, from my memories of camp most of the AC counselor had done Space Camp too, is this something they assig...