When I got the invitation to go to Space Camp, my first thought was the same one most adults have. Space Camp is for kids. But that assumption disappears fast once you arrive in Huntsville and check in. This is a Space Camp designed specifically for adults, and it is built around immersive, hands on training that garners your full participation.
That reality clicks the moment you put on your flight suit. (An additional purchase, but totally worth it.)
The uniform sounds like a small detail, but it flips a switch. Suddenly, the weekend feels official. You are not touring an attraction. You are stepping into a structured program with schedules, roles, and expectations, all taking place inside the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the same campus that runs Space Camp programs year round.
Before any astronaut training begins, Space Camp resets your comfort zone.
Adult Space Camp opens with the kind of logistics that quietly shift your mindset. Room assignments. Lockers. Orientation schedules. If you choose to stay on site, you are sleeping in real dorms with bunk beds and shared space with a fellow adult camper, not hotel rooms with turn-down service…