American Dynasty

With the lifting of several Covid restrictions, Renaissance Academy is in the process of reopening the school's Space Academy with a new name for a new start. Let's all welcome The Space Place at Renaissance Academy into the Space EdVentures group of space centers.    "Where did that name come from?" you ask.  Bracken Funk explained it to me this way.  "How many of our students and crew use The Space Place as the slang name for the Space Academy?  So I thought let's make it official and rebrand as The Space Academy. It's short, easily remembered, and right to the point.  We do space and we do it well. Let's be The Space Place!   The name has grown on me over the last few weeks. I like it.  Yes, let's be The Space Place. The name is more kid and teen friendly than The Space Academy and that is who we serve through our Young Astronauts and Voyager Clubs. Besides, the school already uses the name academy in its name.   Tune in we...

Celebrating The People in the Space EdVenturing Community.  Natalie Anderson (CMSC) The Space Center (CMSC) has some amazingly talented staff, one of them is Natalie Anderson. You may have had her as your Odyssey flight director and experienced the imaginative talent and acting range she possess. Today we rejoice with Natalie Anderson  (published as Natalie Brianne)   as her book is published and available to the public. Congratulations on reaching this point after years of hard work Natalie. Celebrating The People in the Space EdVenturing Community.  Nathan Ford (CMSC) Celebrating success carries on as we congratulate the CMSC's newest employee, Nathan Ford and his teammates (Pictured: Matthew, Jayden, Nathan, Elijah) for taking 1st place at the TSA (Technology Student Association) high school state competition in the animatronics and coding categories representing Westlake High School.       For animatronics, the team spent hundreds o...

For the last year, the USS Voyager has been recuperating at the Renaissance shipyards. The good ship took a beating in its engagement with the Covid Confederation's Star Cruiser Pandemic.  The Voyager limped home from the battle, was evaluated by Admiral Funk, and found to have serious damage to several key ship components necessary for successful space travel.  The Voyager was assigned to a berth and left fallow as the rest of the fleet carried out the campaign to rid Earth space from the Covids once and for all.  The Trouabdour is happy to provide the following update on the Voyager's health and expected release date.  With the thumbs up given by Mark Ursic at Renaissance Academy, Admiral Funk and his band of merry men and ladies received their marching orders.  Bracken Funk, Lejana Funk, Parriss King, Nathan King,  Camden Robinson,  Megan Warner, Maeson Busk, Drew Wright, Matt Ricks and Renaissance Academy's master technician Gage  spent the pa...

The Galileo II Being Reassembled at the American Heritage Space Center in American Fork                         Alex Debirk and Matt Long helping Kyle Herring with the                                construction of the Galileo II.   Summer 2009      Exciting things are happening in the Space EdVentures community despite Covid.  I start today's Troubadour post with an update by Alex DeBirk from the American Heritage School's Creative Lab with an update on that school's space center under construction. Isn't it great to see the Galileo in its new home?  And now Alex's update. Victor  Hi Victor,      Things are moving ahead with the American Heritage School program. Our building is now enclosed, but still being finished. The Galileo was moved into the second floor a couple of weeks ago, and th...