This brand new camp offered by the Strategic Air and Space Museum is truly a once in a lifetime experience.  Kennedy Space Center, a national treasure, offers the excitement and thrill of modern space exploration combined with the rich history of the space program and those that made it great. Campers will get the chance to see this blending of great generations in the acclaimed Astronaut Hall of Fame and Rocket Garden as they journey back in time as they encounter actual space artifacts and rockets, amazing exhibits and the largest collection of personal space memorabilia anywhere.
           
While each day will have your camper on the edge of their seat, the Astronaut Training Experience (ATX) will have them on the edge of the moon as they train as actual astronauts. Campers begin their day with a formal briefing as astronaut trainees and then begin their voyage into the great unknown. The ATX program combines full motion shuttle simulators with real life situations that once faced our nation’s heroes, multi axis trainers and a zero gravity wall. Campers will be assigned to a position on a mission team given an operational task to complete, such as building a solar panel. They will then hold that position throughout the day as they prepare for launch, take off and encounter any combination of “triumphs and catastrophes” during their mission. 

An astronauts training would never be complete though without a view of the launch pad that has sent so many blasting into our nation's history books.  Campers will have the opportunity to view the launch pad, the vehicle assembly building as well as the shuttle landing facility in a VIP tour of the Kennedy Space Center grounds.  Your remarkable voyage doesn’t stop at the launch pad though as you are actual beamed among the “stars” to the “lunch pad” where campers take part in a one on one encounter with an actual NASA astronaut.  Talk to one of America’s greatest men or women and ask them what it takes to be a leader in the world of space exploration. 

Finally, what training would be complete without a Graduation!  Campers will go through an official ATX graduation ceremony and receive an authorized ATX polo shirt and 12 month pass to KSC.

This program is designed for campers ages 14-17 and includes airfare, lodging, meals, entertainment and all access passes to KSC.

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For questions or to register now, call (402) 827-3100 ext. 399 or email Camps@strategicairandspace.com

The Strategic Air & Space Museum would like to thank our Flight Camp/Astronaut Academy sponsors for 2008:

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