Space Camp 2001
In 2001, I was a winner of Hull University's Young Scientist Award, and my prize was to attend the International Week at the US Advanced Space Academy in Huntsville, Alabama. Here are the photos that I took (unfortunately low resolution, since they were taken using an analogue camera).
Area 51
Leadership skills training area.
- The woodland on the way to Area 51
- A view towards the highway from Area 51
- The entrance to Area 51
- Inside Area 51
- The woodland on the way back from Area 51
- Gagarin at Area 51
Briefings & Activities
There were various team activities that we undertook, and we had to sit through some briefings on basic physics.
- The start of a briefing
- Rocket building (1)
- Rocket building (2)
- A briefing on orbital mechanics with Brandon
- A talk by Professor Von Tiesenhausen
- Me with Professor Von Tiesenhausen
- The solar telescope
- The "egg drop" inside the Habitat
- Building moon buggies
- The ISS Payload Operations Center
- MOCR for the ISS
- A model of the ISS when finished
- The Redstone rocket test site
- The picnic location (1)
- The picnic location (2)
- The rocket launch site
- One of the rockets in mid-air
Habitat & Cafeteria
The 'Habitat' was the name given to our living quarters, and the cafeteria is home to some of the most disgusting food I have ever eaten.
- Looking out towards the Habitat from the Pathfinder
- The entrance to the Habitat
- Inside one of the mobiles
- The Pathfinder
- The staircase inside the Habitat
- A view of the mobiles
- The pathfinder at night
- The walkway between the two Habitats
- Inside the cafeteria
- Inside our room within the Habitat (1)
- Inside our room within the Habitat (2)
- The ground floor of the Habitat
- Me outside the Habitat
- The last day in room 321
Missions & Training
As part of our training, we had to undertake a number of missions as a team, divided into people on the space station, the shuttle, and in mission control. As a mission specialist, I got to go out and do EVAs!
- Looking up at the payload bay of the Enterprise
- The entrance to the Enterprise
- A frontal view of the Intrepid
- The mid-deck of the Enterprise
- The flight-deck of the Enterprise (1)
- The flight-deck of the Enterprise (2)
- Inside the Space Station
- Me at Mission Control as EVA
- The training area
Museum & Simulators
The space centre also houses a museum, that we visited, and we had to go on a number of simulators as part of the training.
- The Rocket Park
- The Astrotrek building
- The entrance to the Imax cinema
- Inside the Imax Cinema
- Inside the museum (1)
- Inside the museum (2)
- The lunar landing module
- The spider that went into space!
- A comparison of the Russian and American shuttles
- The Space Shot
- The G-Force Accelerator
- The front entrance to the museum
- Inside the Astrotrek building
- Me on the Multi-Axis Trainer
- Me in the 1/6 gravity chair
- The back of the Saturn V with a model of the Saturn V in the background
Team Photographs
When we arrived at the centre, we were put into teams, each with the name of a famous astronaut or rocket scientist. I was in Team Gagarin.
- Gagarin and Von Braun outside the Enterprise
- Gagarin in front of a plane
- Gagarin at the rocket launch site
Water Activities
We had to take part in water survival activities.
