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 Hello Troops, A very busy week just passed so the best I can do today is post my new Imaginarium Theater.   I promise a more robust post next week.   This is the last week of school and a goodbye to masks and the miserable year of Covid.  It was a very difficult year for my family as I'm sure for many of you as well.  I'm glad to see the end of the school year for that reason, but very sad to say goodbye to a fantastic group of 6th graders.  We went through this together and this year will be one for the books. Mr. Williamson Imaginarium Theater The Best Videos From Around the World Edited for a Gentler Audience  

  Conner giving the Thumbs Up for a successful summer camp season       The Magellan's Dynamic Duo are back!  Saturday saw the return of the Conner Larson and Nicole VandenBos.  They are the Magellan's best hope of sweeping summer camper votes this camp season.  It was Conner's first mission after returning from school last week.  Nicole drove down from Heber where she teaches school.  The Space Center will be her summer job.    Conner, Nicole, and staff for Conner's first private mission of the season.       I finished my 1:25 P.M. planetarium presentation and made my usual Saturday rounds downstairs to the simulators to check out the action and rub shoulders with the gifted and talented of the simulator world. The Magellan, Cassini, Odyssey, and Phoenix were knee deep in story.     There was an all too familiar voice coming from the Magellan control room. I popped open the door and there was Conner in a s...

Magellan Mission Control Staff for Launch Day of the Magellan II Nicole VandenBos, Audrey Henriksen, Lissa Hadfield, and volunteers. Villains beware, the Magellan has returned and no asteroid field, nebula, or other hiding local will keep you safe for long. Congrats again to our awesome staff and volunteers who work so hard to get each of our ships up and running. Our Saturday's have been booked out for weeks even as we add more simulators to the fleet. It is no small feat and they do it all with a smile on their faces. The New Magellan H ere are the Magellan II's first crews. A Tribute to the First Magellan and All Its Glory (You gotta love those strawberry iMacs) A tribute to the first Magellan. It's last flight before the 2005 remodel. The Magellan opened in 1999. Notice the IMacs were all the same color - raspberry.  That uniform color took a day's work. The original Magellan computers arrived at Central School in different colors. We had raspb...

       Don't forget to come by and say hello to the Christa McAuliffe Space Center's new simulators, planetarium, staff, and volunteers this Saturday, May 8 from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.  I'd love to see you old time staff and volunteers.  If you're lucky you'll get to meet the oldest staff from 30 years ago!  Yes, we're still around, and yes we still haunt this place from time to time (most Saturday afternoons for me).    Mr. W.    Lion's Gate Space Center at Lakeview Academy Gets a Website Makeover Nathan King did a good job on this makeover.  The Lion's Gate Space Center is open for private missions and booking summer camps.  Stop by and browse through their new website.     Imaginairum Theater This Week's Best Videos from Around the World.. Edited for a Gentler Audience

One by one the six new starship simulators are opening at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center in Pleasant Grove.  The Cassini set sail with her first crew Saturday morning, April 17 under the watchful care of Jon Parker, Set Director.   One thing you'll appreciate about the Cassini is the generous room allocated the simulator's control room.  There is room to stretch out and relax along with extra room for visiting guest observers.  The Cassini is power by Alex Anderson's Thorium software.   Does the Cassini's Bridge layout look familiar?  Fans of the Space Center's first starship Voyager should see comparisons.  The Cassini was inspired by the Voyager.  You have your center stations flanked on the left and right by the left wing and right wing stations.  The Voyager's stations were on different levels.  The Cassini's stations are all on the same level as per the architect's instructions.  Regardless, the  spirit of th...

The Third Starship to Carry the Galileo Name Launched on Saturday  Top Right and Left: Galileo I and its Creator David Kyle Herring.  Bottom left: Galileo II A project Led by David Kyle Herring. Bottom Right: The New Galileo's First Crew on it's Saturday Launch Day      I stepped into the lobby at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center on Saturday to present the 1:10 P.M. Planetarium show and found James Porter standing with this group of young men waiting impatiently for their first mission in the new Starship Galileo.        "The first crew to fly the new Galileo," James announced.  There was well earned pride in his voice.  Getting the Center's six starships up and running is quite a burden.  Each has its own challenges because each is different in its own way.        James saw me reach for my phone.  "Don't worry," he said holding out his hand. "I'll get a picture you can use on the blog."...

What can I say.... It was either him or me for that money egg. Hello Troops, It is a busy Easter so The Troubadour staff (all one of them) is using the day for eating mass quantities of food and participating in every Easter egg hunt I can find. I may be coming to your  home because my own family has barred me from hunting Easter eggs. I tend to get overly excited with a gentle shove here and a trip there to get rid of the competition. Yes there are tears with snotty noses but the little ones need to learn how to fight for what they want in today's world.  Have a great day and enjoy the new Imaginarium Theater with family and friends.   Mr. Williamson Imaginarium  Theater The Best Videos From Around the World Edited for a Gentler Audience