HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Jonathan Walker, of Court House, recently attended Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home of Space Camp®, Space Camp® Robotics™, Aviation Challenge® and U.S. Cyber Camp®.
According to a U.S. Space and Rocket Center release, the rocket center is a Smithsonian affiliate and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s official visitor center.
The weeklong educational program promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) while training students and with hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and problem-solving.
This program is specifically designed for trainees who have a passion for space exploration.
Walker spent the week training with a team that flew a simulated space mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Moon or Mars. The crew participated in experiments and successfully completed an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk.
