Media and popular culture United States Space Camp

1 media , popular culture

1.1 movies , tv
1.2 notable attendees
1.3 notable guests
1.4 camp alumni became astronauts

media , popular culture
movies , tv

the film spacecamp, portraying youngsters on fictional adventure @ camp, released in 1986.
a smile big moon, tv movie, released in 2012.
in movie stranger fiction, main character s friend, dave, mentions space camp on bucket list, , states re never old space camp, dude. refers camp s location in alabama. @ end of film, can seen looking @ space camp brochure adult programs 2006 season.
the hallmark channel movie space warriors filmed , set @ space camp. group of genius space camp trainees recruited rescue 3 astronauts ship stranded in orbit.
many nickelodeon game shows offered trips space camp grand prizes including double dare, finders keepers, think fast, picture, nick arcade, , legends of hidden temple.
the simpsons episode “i’m spelling fast can” features space camp.
eastbound & down referenced space camp in scene daring kids pet wolf
the goldbergs talked space camp in season three, episode 22 smothers day adam dreams of going space camp. beverly upset on mother s day when receives last-minute gift of mom coupons barry , erica.
late night conan o brien sent sidekick adult space camp
southern fried road trip features adult space camp.
in super adventures of wishbone, book 2:unleashed in space, wishbone , owner attends space academy in florida in special program celebrating first live being in space dog.
chuckrefers space camp being cool kids go.
in family guy episode space cadet , chris griffin attended space camp.
in dexter s laboratory episode ol mcdexter , dee dee attended camp similar space camp while dexter attended amish farm camp.

notable attendees

astronaut attendees
chelsea clinton attended u.s. space camp during bill clinton s first term week of 1993 s international space camp.
karenna gore, al gore s daughter, attended space camp in 1985.
amy carter, former president jimmy carter s daughter.
kris kristofferson attended along son jesse @ parent/child space camp in summer of 1991.
mary-kate , ashley olsen attended u.s. space camp during production of adventures of mary-kate & ashley.
elizabeth cooper, daughter of mercury 7 astronaut gordon cooper, attended space camp florida in 1990.
the adult children , grandchildren of gemini , apollo astronaut jim lovell attended space camp in huntsville.
actress charlize theron attended, space camp in huntsville, alabama.
australian actor lincoln lewis attended aviation challenge in huntsville, alabama in 2003.
jacob roloff, son of matt , amy roloff, stars of little people, big world on learning channel attended camp in 2009
bruce springsteen s children have attended multiple camp programs.
austin o brien attended space camp in 1997.

notable guests

george h. w. bush visited during term president, , image subsequently used on u.s. space , rocket center brochure period thereafter.
dan quayle visited during term vice president.
al gore visited during term vice president.
the cast , crew of apollo 13 visited space camp during pre-production. tom hanks, portrayed james lovell in film, return in 2006, son attending @ time. hanks ate breakfast of members of german rocket team.

camp alumni became astronauts

astronaut attendees
dottie metcalf-lindenburger first space camp alumna become nasa astronaut. metcalf-lindenburger, former classroom teacher, selected educator astronaut in 2004 astronaut class. dottie attended space camp high school freshman in spring of 1989.
robert, bob hines received commission air force officer training school in 1999. completed specialized undergraduate pilot training @ columbus air force base in mississippi. upon completion of pilot training, remained @ columbus t-37 instructor pilot. @ time of astronaut selection in june, 2017, hines research pilot aircraft operations division of flight operations directorate @ nasa’s johnson space center. serving in u.s. air force reserves f-15e program test director , test pilot @ f-15 operational flight program combined test force, 84th test & evaluation squadron, eglin air force base in florida.
maj. jasmin moghbeli born in germany, considers baldwin, n.y., hometown. earned bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering information technology @ massachusetts institute of technology, followed master’s degree in aerospace engineering naval postgraduate school. distinguished graduate of u.s. naval test pilot school , has accumulated more 1,600 hours of flight time , 150 combat missions. @ time of astronaut candidate section, testing h-1 helicopters , serving quality assurance , avionics officer marine operational test , evaluation squadron 1 of u.s. marine corps in yuma, arizona. jasmin attended advanced space academy in 1998 when 15 years old, , referenced experience in recent article in “the new yorker .
samantha cristoforetti 1995 alumna of space camp in huntsville, captain in italian air force , astronaut european space agency. samantha graduated italian air force academy in pozzuoli, italy, in 2005, , 2005 2006, based @ sheppard air force base in texas. after completing euro-nato joint jet pilot training, became fighter pilot , assigned 132nd squadron, 51st bomber wing, based in istrana, italy. 2007 2008, flew mb-339 , served in plan , operations section 51st bomber wing in istrana. in 2008, joined 101st squadron, 32nd bomber wing, based @ foggia, italy, completed operational conversion training am-x ground attack fighter. samantha has logged more 500 hours flying 6 types of military aircraft: sf-260, t-37, t-38, mb-339a, mb-339cd , am-x. samantha selected european space agency (esa) astronaut in may 2009, , completed basic astronaut training in november 2010. in july 2012, assigned italian space agency asi mission aboard international space station - expedition 42/43, launched on soyuz spacecraft baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan in december 2014. second long-duration asi mission , eighth long-duration mission esa astronaut. in 2016 mission, samantha set record longest single space flight woman , longest uninterrupted spaceflight of european astronaut. when not in training in usa, russia, canada or japan, samantha based @ european astronaut centre in cologne, germany.
dr. kate rubins became third space camp alumna fly in space when launched international space station in july 2016. kate dreamed of becoming astronaut child , did chores around house earn trip space camp in seventh grade. left camp knowing needed take many math , science courses could, , focus paved way study of viral diseases and, ultimately, nasa astronaut corps. kate received bachelor s degree in molecular biology , ph.d. in cancer biology. selected popular science magazine 1 of brilliant 10 in 2009, kate fellow , principal investigator @ whitehead institute biomedical research @ massachusetts institute of technology before becoming member of 20th nasa astronaut class. on july 7, 2016, kate launched baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan international space station aboard first test flight of new soyuz ms spacecraft. international crew of expeditions 48 , 49 conducted or participated in more 275 different scientific experiments, including research in molecular , cellular biology, human physiology, fluid , combustion physics, earth , space science , technology development. kate first person sequence dna in space, sequencing more 2 billion base pairs of dna during series of experiments analyze sequencing in microgravity. grew heart cells (cardiomyocytes) in cell culture, , performed quantitative, real-time pcr , microbiome experiments in orbit. kate conducted 2 spacewalks totaling 12 hours, 46 minutes. during first spacewalk, kate , astronaut jeff williams installed first international docking adapter, new docking port u.s. commercial crew spacecraft. during second, performed maintenance of station external thermal control system , installed high-definition cameras, enabling never-before seen images of planet , space station. captured spacex dragon commercial resupply spacecraft , returned science experiment samples earth.
christina m. hammock koch selected astronaut nasa in 2013. completed astronaut candidate training in july 2015, , assigned international space station crew operations branch. in position, involved in crew conferences , it-related issues onboard station. koch, native of michigan, graduated north carolina state university bachelor of science in electrical engineering , physics , master of science in electrical engineering. koch graduated nasa academy program @ goddard space flight center (gsfc) in 2001. worked electrical engineer in laboratory high energy astrophysics @ gsfc 2002 2004. koch selected in june 2013, 1 of 8 members of 21st nasa astronaut class. astronaut candidate training included scientific , technical briefings, intensive instruction in international space station systems, spacewalks, robotics, physiological training, t‐38 flight training , water , wilderness survival training. completed astronaut candidate training in july 2015, , qualified future assignment.
dr. serena m. auñón-chancellor began working nasa flight surgeon in 2006. in 2009, selected nasa astronaut. during nasa career, serena supported medical operations international space station crew members. served deputy crew surgeon sts-127 , spent 2 months in antarctica 2010 2011 searching meteorites part of ansmet expedition. of time spent living on ice 200 nautical miles south pole. in june 2012, serena operated deep worker submersible part of neemo 16 mission. subsequently served aquanaut aboard aquarius underwater laboratory during neemo 20 undersea exploration mission. board certified in both internal , aerospace medicine, serena handles medical issues both commercial crew , international space station operations branch. graduated in november 2011, astronaut candidate training, included scientific , technical briefings, intensive instruction in space station systems, spacewalks, robotics, physiological training, t-38 flight training , water , wilderness survival training. currently, serena spends of time handling medical issues both international space station operations branch , commercial crew branch. certified international space station capcom , served lead capcom spacex-4 , spacex-8 cargo resupply missions.
dr. sandra magnus selected nasa in april 1996, , reported johnson space center in august 1996. completed 2 years of training , evaluation , became qualified flight assignment mission specialist. in august 2000, served capsule communicator (capcom) international space station. in october 2002, flew aboard sts-112, making first official space camp astronaut fly in space. in july 2005, dr. magnus assigned station expedition corps , began training future station long-duration mission. flew station crew of sts-126, launching on november 14 , arriving @ station on nov. 16, 2008, joined expedition 18. following station mission, dr. magnus served 6 months @ nasa headquarters in washington, d.c., working in exploration systems mission directorate. in july 2011, dr. magnus flew mission specialist on crew of sts 135/ulf7, iss cargo delivery mission carried multi purpose logistics module (mplm), “raffaello.” became deputy chief of astronaut office, in september 2012. dr. magnus left agency in october 2012, after being appointed executive director of american institute of aeronautics , astronautics (aiaa). dr. magnus has different story majority of our astronaut alumni. did not attend camp child. attended weekend adult space academy in 1991, while student @ georgia tech.
aleksandr serebrov soviet cosmonaut attended space academy educators in 1999, more 4 years after retirement. graduated moscow institute of physics , technology in 1967, , selected cosmonaut in 1978. flew on soyuz t-7, soyuz t-8, soyuz tm-8 , soyuz tm-17. 1 few cosmonauts fly both soviet union , russian federation. aleksandr died in 2013.
aleksandr lazutkin attended moscow aviation institute , received mechanical engineering degree.he selected cosmonaut on march 3, 1992. first spaceflight soyuz tm-25, on flight engineer. lazutkin aboard mir space station when collision occurred unmanned progress m34. crew members able ward off danger using tiny dinner knife cut wires connecting parts of station together. mir repaired few days after collision. along aleksandr serebrov, attended space academy educators in 1999.




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