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Fall Vacation Space Camps Announced at the CMSEC. Open House at AF Hospital. Space and Science News. The Imaginarium.

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News Flash! If you missed attending the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center this summer, they are bringing back two exciting camps over fall vacation Oct. 16 and 17. The USS Odyssey at the CMSEC Register Today at SpaceCenter@alpineschools.org /camps Farpoint Cadets Interested in Joining the Medical  Department Hey Cadets!      This specifically concerns any of you that want to become a member of the Medical Group/want to enter the medical field. If any of you live in the American Fork area you have probably seen the massive amount of construction going on around American Fork Hospital. Well they have been building a new Emergency Room and Operating Room! (They're super cool and high-tech looking now). American Fork Hospital is hosting an open house for these departments on Tuesday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M.   This is a great chance for anyone to come see the inside of the ER or OR. There will be staff there to answe...

A Space Center Weekend Update. Imagineering the Vanguard. Jon's Self Banishment. Work Continues on Canyon Grove's Everest Simulator. Two New Farpoint Cadets. An Old Flight Director Returns.

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Rachel Harken and Christine Grosland in the Phoenix.  Rachel leaves for her mission soon so these two friends and former Space Center flight directors spent a few hours doing a Phoenix mission for old times sake  Hello Space EdVenture Fans and Fellow Troubadours!      If it's Saturday you know my fellow imagineers and I were hard at work early this morning imagineering the new Vanguard simulator soon to be built at Renaissance Academy.  There is much to do and little time to do it.  It's all hands on deck.  It's time to put the shoulder to the wheel. It's time to put the pedal to the metal.  It's time to fire up all four burners. It's time to admit you have the point and move on.      I took a few photos to share with you from the last two meetings.      Over one hour was spent developing the first few basic computer controls for the simulator's helm station.   What you see above are the screens r...