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     I have many happy memories of Fred. He supplied my Young Astronauts with rockets for many many years. He taught several merit badge and summer camp classes for me at the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center and for that I will be forever grateful because it allowed me to rub shoulders and learn from a remarkably gifted teacher.       It is only fitting that he be laid to rest on the day we return American astronauts into space from American soil. Our Fred, a life long space enthusiast, sets his course for the heavens while two others take us into a new age of space exploration. On behave of your many friends at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center and schools state wide we wish you God speed Fred on your final voyage.  Victor Fred's obituary link Are Any of Utah's Space EdVenture Center's Open for Private Missions and Camps?      Four of Utah's five Space EdVentures Centers are closed to the public in March - all...

With all but one of the Space EdVenture Center closed for the Covid Unpleasantness (my British is coming out), let's see what was happening this week at the Space Center ten years ago. You'll get a kick out of this and see some faces you've not seen it awhile and some you know even today! Ten Years Ago This Week SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2010 Hello Troops,      The Overnight Camp went well. I didn't sleep well. Some weekends are better than others. The campers were from Orem Elementary. Again I can happily report they were awesome. We get some really great kids attending our camps. It makes doing this every weekend worth it.      There's news to report. Shall we start with the really cool and work down to the completely trivial?            This is Warren. Warren has been at the Space Center for years. His older brother Gary worked here before him. Warren is a Supervisor in the Magellan. Warren had good news t...

Hello Space EdVentures Fans, Now that Central Elementary and the Christa McAuliffe  Space Center are demolished and the new school and Space Center are under construction, I'll need to make distinctions of what building I'm talking about and what ships.  Let's start with the school: 1.  The new building under construction is Central School 4. Central School 3 was demolished over the last two weeks.  Central School 2 was demolished in 1954.  Central School 1 was demolished about 12 years ago. It was that old 3 story church just north of the school.  Central School moved out of that building in 1910 and into Central School 2.  Good, you got that?  Central School 1  1893 - 1909.  It sat where the construction workers park today.  You can see Central 3 on the left of the photo.  It was converted into a high school in 1911 and then became an LDS meetinghouse.   Central School 2.  Demolished in 1955 ...

     In the span of 7 days most of the old Central Elementary School came tumbling down into a heap of rubble.  The original Christa McAuliffe Space Center went down with it. The south entrance of the school on Saturday. The last section of the school to go was the Kindergarten - 2nd grade wing. The school's office can be seen on the left of the photo.   This rubble is what is left of the Magellan, Odyssey, Phoenix, Discovery, and Voyager       Although sad to see the old building go, look at the future rising from the rubble heap. I like this photo because of its symbolism.  Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the new Christa McAuliffe Space Center rises from the remains of the original Space Center.        With this new building comes a secure and bright future for the CMSC. With this building comes a statement from the Alpine School District that the Space Center ...