Space Camp

Young astronaut program

Space Camp is a educational program where participants, typically children and teenagers, experience simulated astronaut training—operating flight simulators, building rockets, and performing mock missions.

The original program at the U.S.

Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama inspired similar camps worldwide.

She spent a week at Space Camp learning about zero gravity.

The term sometimes appears figuratively for any intensive immersion in space-related topics.

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