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Journey To The Center

From incredible artifacts of our nation's space program, to hands-on interactive exhibits and space travel simulators, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center experience is unlike any other.

Home to Space Camp, Aviation Challenge and X-Camp; The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is recognized as one of the most comprehensive U.S. manned space flight hardware museums in the world. Our facilities include Spacedome Theater, Rocket Park, the Education Training Center, which houses NASA's Educator Resource Center and more.

Visitors to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will experience Huntsville's role in the making of the moon rocket, the space race, the Apollo missions, learn about the Space Shuttle program, the International Space Station and onto the next beginnings with NASA's Constellation project. Visitors may trace the evolution of humankind's ventures into space and watch as tomorrow's potential engineers, scientists and astronauts train in one of the Space Camp or Aviation Challenge Programs.

MISSIONS AT SPACE CAMP® & AVIATION CHALLENGE®

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Founded in 1982, SPACE CAMP and AVIATION CHALLENGE (1990), located in Huntsville, Alabama, use space and aviation as a platform to excite and educate children ages 7-18, in the fields of math, science and technology.

SPACE CAMP programs range from 3 to 13 days, during which teamwork, self confidence and communication will be achieved through state-of-the-art simulations, missions, rocket building and robotics.

AVIATION CHALLENGE programs range from 3 to 13 days, during which teamwork, self confidence and communication will be achieved through state-of-the-art high performance jet simulation, scenario-based missions, land and water survival training and flight dynamics.

X-CAMP activities are similar to the preparation space shuttle and aviation crews train in before being added to active flight status. Teambuilding and communication is an integral component that will be utilized during the course of this experience.

In addtion to program-specific training, attendees will experience all that the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Museum has to offer.

The cost of the camps include all meals, lodging, program materials and activities. Medical and security staff are on site 24-hours a day.