More Photographs from the Space Center's Golden Age. Space News. The Imaginarium

 

Art by Aimee Cozza. http://www.the9mmberetta.com

Hello Troops,
Today we remember and celebrate the Space Center's Golden Age through pictures.

The brave crew of the Starship Falcon with Flight Director Bill Schuler.

Flight Director Lorraine Houston took the picture.

The Falcon was housed in one of our Starlab domes.  

2002

Brady Young and McKay Hardy debating what to do next during our

summer camp Apollo 13 lesson.

Jennifer Remy teaching our summer camp lesson, Apollo 13.

1994.

Lorraine and Melanie.  

Lorraine worked in the Voyager.  Melanie taught our class session.

This picture was taken at the back of the Briefing Room before the Odyssey was built.

Summer Camp.

Bill Schuler and Aleta Clegg ran our cafeteria.  

That's me standing between them drooling over the very fine meals they prepared.

Chris Call

One of our old Odyssey Set Directors

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The Imaginarium
 It is time to exercise your imagination.

 

The tallest rock climbing wall in the world.

I want whatever this is.

I think we are all told how special we are too many times.

Here's the bitter truth.

You are average in most things and above average in a few.

 Was that hard to swallow?  Sorry.

Now, focus on where you are above average and use your those abilities to make a difference.

 

They say curiosity killed the cat.

Don't know who "they" are but one thing I do know.

"They" sure do know a lot.

Something creative to do on a snowy day.

I'll take a car made out of this.

A message left by someone on a school calculator

A creative label.

Look it up on Google and learn something.

Creativity: A

 Bringing a bit of imagination to the office.

Coming Soon to a theater near You!

More Historical Space Center Pictures. The Imaginarium

 

I'm not particularly photogenic.  That being said, I like this photograph.

It is me at my station in the Voyager's Control Room.   I spent 22 years of my life in that chair

educating and entertaining over 300,000 people 

Hello Troops,
I've got several pictures of the old staff taken over a decade ago taken by Mrs. Houston that I need to get posted so I can return them to her.  I've probably posted some of them - I can't remember.  I'll post them all in the interest of making sure they get posted.   Forgive the repeats and enjoy the new ones.

Mr. W

Mrs. Clegg setting up the classroom field trip lesson.

Discovery Room.

 

Me on the Voyager Bridge getting the field trip mission ready to launch.

 

Metta Smith and Kirby Glad receiving awards for service to the Space Center.

Kirby Glad receiving the Silver Chalice of Zod Award for 

his contributions to the Space Center.

Randy Jepperson, a member of the Space Center's old time staff waking up on 

the Saturday Morning of an overnight camp.

 

A picture from the lat 1990's of Randy Jepperson in our new Romulan Ambassador uniform.

Two new alien costumes from Mrs. Houston

Late 1990's

 

Me teaching my pre-algebra class in the Space Center's Briefing Room.

The pre-algebra class met every morning before the field trips arrived.

 

 Mr. Daymont and the brave crew of the Falcon during one of our 

joint Astrocamp summer camps in 2002.

Back again to the late 1990's.

This is the goodbye party for Admiral Dave Wall.  Dave and his brother build the 

original Odyssey.  Dave spent one school year working on the Voyager's Bridge.

Me, clutching the only thing that kept me going during those tough times at the Space Center

 Several volunteers receiving their 500 point pillowcases 

during one of the Space Center's Honor's Nights.

Your Daily Dose of Science

The Imaginarium

Your imagination is like a muscle; it will grow weak and useless if not exercised.  The Imaginarium is a place where creativity and imagination are celebrated.  Remember to always make the ordinary, extraordinary.

This pretty much sums in all up.

Creative advertising by Jeep.

This student deserves an A for trying to have it both ways.

True?  False?  Would any teacher be fooled?

 

Good point,  however......

 

I dream of a world where the lamb can lay down with the lion.

 

Ingenious night light with removable globe for those quick trips to the bathroom.

Flying People.

Brilliant!

 

Electrical Power Line Towers

A ship carved from one piece of wood.

A 14 year labor of love.

Imagination: A

Shintaro Ohata combines sculpture and canvas in his art.

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