U.S. Space Camp� & Aviation Challenge�

Astronaut & test pilot training for children through adults

Location(s):	Huntsville, Alabama
Ages:	Youth programs 9-18; Child/Parent Programs 7-11
Session(s):	Most camps last 5 days beginning on Sunday Season runs year-round See our website for specific dates.
Website:	http://www.spacecamp.com
Notes:	there are also international Space Camps in Japan, Belgium, Turkey, and Canada


		U.S. Space Camp is a four, five, or six day program jam-packed with astronaut training for young people. Activities include simulated Space Shuttle missions, IMAX� movies, training simulators (like the 1/6th Gravity Chair), rocket building and launches, scientific experiments, and lectures on the past, present, and future of space exploration. Aviation Challenge is a four, five, or six day program that teaches the basics of flight dynamics, land and water survival, and team work. Includes simulated missions. SPACE CAMP has been operating since 1982, and has graduated over 400,000 campers. SPACE CAMP programs in Alabama are operated by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center� and the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission.
	The Space and Rocket Center is also the official visitor center for Marshall Space Flight Center. During the week, trainees will have guided experiences of everything the Museum has to offer. They will see the first rocket that took mankind into space, along with the massive Saturn V rocket that took man to the Moon. Also, trainees will see the capsules the early astronauts lived in during their missions, including seeing up close the actual Apollo 16 capsule. Trainees can also climb the highest volcano on Mars on our Olympus Mons Climbing Wall.