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Online Campaign Saves 'Space Camp' After COVID-19 Closure

Kane Farabaugh

   HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA - 2019 was a banner year for the U.S. Space and
   Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Visitors from around the world
   came to celebrate the city where the Saturn V rocket that carried
   astronauts into space was developed.

   The center hosted large crowds during commemoration events for the 50th
   anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing.

   "We had record number of attendants. We had almost 45,000 students in
   Space Camp last year in 2019. It was an incredible year," said Pat
   Ammons, communications manager for the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
   "We were starting off 2020 strong. Our attendance was higher just even
   in the museum, and we were heading into a sold-out summer of Space
   Camp."

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