Sunday, February 20, 2022

Meet the Newest Members of Staff at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center: A Tradition of Excellence Continues. Another Space Center Baby Born. Laser Shows Coming to the Planetarium. Imaginarium Theater.

By James Porter

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We have some absolutely amazing staff here at the Space Center and we want to take a moment to highlight our volunteers who have trained so hard to reach various paid positions over the last few months.


Aaron is our most recent Magellan supervisor.



He is preceded by Cecily and Hayden.

The Magellan holds our largest crews and is often containing many rambunctious birthday party children. So it takes a special breed of staff to help focus that level of energy toward accomplishing mission objectives and crew unity. Aaron does so with a calm persistence, Cecily with her warm and welcoming persona, and Hayden sets a futuristic military tone that gets them right in character.



Gracelyn has been our volunteer venturing into new realms as she has been the first volunteer to take on the training to become a planetarium Navigator. Taking guests through a journey of the cosmos all on your own with some of our most complex and challenging equipment is no small task. She has grown in confidence and her presentation skills are ever improving as she deals with larger groups attending our shows. So you are in luck if you see her welcoming face when you walk through our doors.


On the Cassini side of the fleet we have Ellie and Hyrum. The Cassini has the added challenge of creating an identity as one of our newest ships. Both of our new supervisors have worked diligently to create amazingly detailed subplots, characters, and other little gems that really make the Cassini come to life. Ellie and Hyrum are both contagiously upbeat and a pleasure to work with.
A small blurb is hardly enough to showcase the efforts of these great staff members, but we wanted to congratulate them for their accomplishments. It is an ongoing challenge to train staff for our unique positions at a rate sufficient to meet the growing demands of our program. This isn't your typical teenager job. So when you see any of our staff we want you to know how truly dedicated they are to making our program an amazing experience for all who attend. They are greatly talented individuals and we are fortunate they share those talents with all of us.

A New CMSC Baby is Born


The club of Space Center babies is small but growing. A Space Center baby is a youngling born to parents who met at the Space Center through their volunteer or staff work. Today The Troubadour is pleased to announce the birth of the newest member of this prestigious club, a baby girl to Tabitha and Matt Ricks. The fact that Dr. McCoy was the delivery doctor is the proof that this child will walk on Mars one day - no doubt about it. Congratulations Matt and Tabitha!


Laser Shows Coming to the Space Center Planetarium.

They are still a long way out, but today with some additional donations from generous businesses and individuals the CMSC reached a funding milestone that will allow it to purchase laser equipment for the planetarium!


You can't have a laser show without fog. The planetarium's hazer fogger will see that the job of fogging up the place is done right. Jon Parker will testify to that. Rumor has it he is still trying to find his way out of the planetarium.




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