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Huntsville, Alabama's Space Camp

By: Robert Balwinder

Attending the Space Camp sponsored by NASA at Huntsville, Alabama is every kids dream. It gives them the real life experience of what it is like to be an astronaut. It enriches their life with the most meaningful and interesting experiences. Most of these one-week programs are combined with other community programs, such as 4-H.

The Space Camp program in Alabama has an age limit, and the full camp is available to kids who are at least 12 years old. Of course, there are special programs at the center for younger kids that offer many activities they do not quite appreciate. However, it gives them the chance to assert that they are old enough to be away from home.

The programs and activities at Space Camp are designed to awaken creativity and curiosity. The kids learn to design a lunar colony, and attend classes and seminars to know about the history of the space program. They learn about the Soviet space program as well as the United States program in these classes. They are also taken on trips to the museum to gain an education experience.

But Space Camp is not only about sitting in classes and designing lunar colonies. They explore life size mock-ups of space shuttles. They get first hand experience of being in quarters with bunks that look exactly like they would on a space station or colony, not somewhere in Alabama. Of course, "astronaut training" is the best part of Space Camp.

All those who attend the Space Camp go through a sort of training. They wear space suits to get the feel of it. They are taken in simulators to learn how to fly spacecrafts like the shuttle. They go for a ride in a centrifuge to feel the pressure of gravity. And they experience the feeling of weightlessness in the zero gravity simulations. What's more, they even have a contraption designed to give them the experience of walking on the moon.

After going through all of the “training,” the Space Camp participants get to run a simulated mission. Everyone on board the ship has a role (pilot, payload specialist, space walk, etc.) to play in completing the mission successfully. And, because sequencing and time are important in real space missions, these are elements present in the simulated mission. If you mess up, your simulator shakes you around and you know what it is like to crash and burn.

If there is enough time, a group may have the opportunity to run the mission more than once, allowing people a chance to experience different roles. It is a fun experience for the Space Campers, as they get to do more, learn more about the space program.

Space Camp provides the opportunity to spark an interest in space and in science. It is a hands-on learning atmosphere that seems worlds away from its location in Huntsville, Alabama.

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