2007 Annual Report TABLE of CONTENTS

1 U.S. Space & Rocket Center® / 2007 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 – Leadership Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission 4 U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation 5 U.S. Space & Rocket Center 5 U.S. Space & Rocket Center Employee Association 5 Saturn V resortation Executive Committee 5 SECTION 2 – Major Milestones 25th Anniversary Celebrated Throughout 2007 6 Charter Members Inducted into Space Camp Hall of Fame 6 Events Engage the Community in Anniversary Celebration 7 Panel Disussion 7 Postal Cache 7 Thursday Nights in the Museum 7 Astronauts Present Flags to the USSRC 7 500,000 Camper Wants to Be an Astronaut 8 X-Camp Added to Summer Schedule 8 New Simulations Software Invigorates Camp 9 Construction Captivates Community’s Attention 9 Davidson Center for Space Exploration 9 Alabama’s Largest Flag Flying at the USSRC 10 Interactive, Educational Exhibits planned for Davidson Center 10 The Rocket Rolls 10 Boeing Takes Naming Opportunity for Spacedome Imax 11 Fourth Annual Saturn/Apollo Reunion Draws 800 11 Apollo Courtyard Features Donor Bricks 12 The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun Goes on Sale 12 Virtual Alabama Commands National Attention 13 VIPs Tour USSRC 13 SECTION 3 – Financial Highlights Financials 14-15 SECTION 4 – USSRC Departments Achievements Marketing Highlights 16 Foundation/Advancement Highlights 16 Aerospace Highlights 17 GTAC Highlights 18 Facilities 19 Human Resources Highlights 20 Licensing Highlights 20

Hall of Fame Inductee bios are located throughout the report. Dottie Metcalf- Amanda Penny J. Dr. Georg von Edward O. Dr. Wernher Lindenberger Stubblefield Dr. James Rice Dan Oates Pettigrew Tiesenhausen Buckbee von Braun

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2 Message from the CEO

Dr. Wernher von Braun is best Since he was a government known as the leader of the Saturn V employee for most of his career, we Rocket Team that put mankind on the believe von Braun would have been moon. However, his vision expanded delighted to know that the USSRC, far beyond engineering. He through its Geospatial Technology persuaded the Alabama Legislature and Applications Center (GTAC), to pass a law in 1965 establishing the made great progress this year in museum known today as the U.S. educating government agencies in Space & Rocket Center® (USSRC). Alabama in how to use spatial Von Braun moved the Saturn V 500D/ technologies to better manage their F to the museum before construction operations here on earth. Virtual was completed in 1970, ensuring that Alabama, the program GTAC the rocket would be on view to the coordinates for the Alabama public even as NASA continued Department of Homeland Security putting men on the moon—a savvy (AL DHS), utilizes the Google Earth public relations move. Fusion Algorithm and Enterprise Client. Google was so impressed Workforce development has been a with Virtual Alabama that company prominent concern of government officials demonstrated it before and industry in recent years. Congress at a hearing in However, it is very possible that von Washington, D.C., in the spring, and Braun was concerned about this later the company awarded AL DHS issue decades ago when the space the Google Enterprise Superstar industry was in its infancy. On his Award for innovation. This is the first last visit to the USSRC in the mid- Google Enterprise Superstar Award 1970s, von Braun told then museum given to a government agency. director Edward Buckbee that there really should be a children’s camp In the following pages, we are happy established to promote mathematics to share further information about and science. The first camp was these highlights, along with audited held in June 1982, and today SPACE financial numbers for FY07. CAMP has alumni—many of them employed in the technical and aerospace industries—scattered Sincerely, across the globe.

During Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07), von Braun’s visions—the rocket and SPACE CAMP—dominated events at the USSRC as the Saturn V rocket’s new home neared completion and Larry R. Capps SPACE CAMP celebrated its 25th Chief Executive Officer anniversary, bringing back old U.S. Space & Rocket Center friends and welcoming in new ones.

3 Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission Roosevelt J. Lewis, Jr., Albert L. Patterson III, President, Navigator The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Aerospace Programs Committee Chair Development Group, Inc., Enterprise, AL Commission (ASSEC), the governing President/Chief Executive Officer, Air Dorothy Davidson, board for the USSRC, is composed of 18 Tuskegee, Inc., Tuskegee, AL members appointed by the Alabama Operation and Finance Manager, Davidson Governor for eight-year terms. Todd J. Slyman, Properties & Management, Huntsville, AL Marketing Committee Chair Anne Marie Lacy, Officers Providence Properties, LLC, Huntsville, AL City Attorney, Madison, AL Irma L. Tuder, Chair Chairman, Analytical Services, Inc., Sidney R. White, Glenda Reitzell, Huntsville, AL Finance Committee Chair Huntsville, AL Certified Public Accountant/President, James L. Flinn III,Vice Chair and Vision White & Fleming CPA, Huntsville, AL Lana Ritch, and Plans Committee Chair Huntsville, AL Executive-In Residence, College of Members Jimmy Ray Smith, Administrative Science, University of Winton Blount III, Certified Gemologist, Jimmy Smith Jewelers, Alabama in Huntsville and former Executive Officer of Blount Pittman & Decatur, AL Deputy to the Commander of the U.S. Associates, Montgomery, AL Army Aviation and Missile Command, Arthur G. Stephenson, Huntsville, AL Joe Collazo, Sector Vice President, Northrop Grumman Vice President of Management Support, Space Technology Waymon E. Burke, Collazo Enterprises, Inc., Huntsville, AL Museum Committee Chair Daniel Wilson, History & Political Science Academic Margie Cumbie, Huntsville, AL Managing Partner, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Huntsville, AL Division Chair, Calhoun Community Jim Haney, Huntsville, AL College, Huntsville, AL 4 U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation Larry R. Capps, Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Crozier, Executive Director

Officers Joe Ritch, Chairman Cynthia McCollum, Vice Chairman Waymon E. Burke, Secretary/Treasurer

Members Helen McAlpine James L. Flinn III Mark J. Lumer William H. Stender, Jr.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center Executive Management Larry R. Capps, President/Chief Executive Officer Clif Broderick, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Senior Vice President Ralph Bryson, Aerospace Programs

Vice Presidents Holly Beach, Marketing Brenda Carr, Advancement Donnie Claxton, Finance/Controller Vickie Henderson, Human Resources Mike Flachbart, Aerospace Programs Chris Johnson, Geospatial Training and Application Center Mike Kelly, Domestic and International Licensing

U.S. Space & Rocket Center Employee Association Thomas Sparks, President Yolanda Raysor, Vice President Phillip Willingham, Secretary Teresa Couch, Treasurer

Saturn V Restoration Executive Committe Larry R. Capps Dorothy Davidson Parker Griffith Greg Gum William H. Gurley Jack Lee William Lucas Ralph Petroff Peggy Sammon Betty Schonrock Sally Spencer 5 William H. Stender, Jr. 25th Anniversary Celebrated Throughout 2007

Charter Members Inducted into SPACE CAMP® Hall of Fame The USSRC marked the 25th Anniversary of SPACE CAMP by establishing a SPACE CAMP Hall of Fame to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in their professional careers or made outstanding contributions to the SPACE CAMP programs. The eight inaugural inductees were honored at a dinner held at the Von Braun Center on the 25th anniversary date, June 13, 2007. Actor William Shatner served as Master of Ceremonies for the event and NASA astronauts Dr. Story Musgrave and Jim Halsell spoke to a crowd of over 700 guests. Major sponsors for the dinner were ATK Launch Systems and Huntsville Coca- Sally, have established a memorial Cola Bottling Company. SPACE CAMP scholarship in their son, Tommy’s, name; Individuals could be nominated for the Hall • Veronique Paquette—2003 Teacher of of Fame through one of four categories. the Year for Washington and former Those selected are as follows: staff member for International SPACE Founder: A special Hall of Fame Selection CAMP; Dr. Wernher von Braun Committee was formed before the • Hillary Dunham—SPACE CAMP Edward Buckbee event to choose the inductees from alumnus and former USSRC employee Friend of SPACE CAMP: this year’s class of nominees. The nine who worked as a camp counselor, in Dr. Georg vonTiesenhausen committee members were as follows: the education and corporate camp – von Braun Rocket Team member; worked • Arthur Charles Meier II (committee departments, and on the sales team at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and co-chair)—retired Deputy Director of before taking a job as Regional Pro- has been a volunteer lecturer for SPACE the Missile Research Development gram Manager for the National Inven- ACADEMY since 1987. and Engineering Center of the Missile tors Hall of Fame; and Dan Oates – helped coordinate and lead a Command; • Christopher Key—SPACE CAMP and SPACE CAMP program for the blind and • Mike Flachbart (committee co- SPACE ACADEMY alumnus, former visually impaired for the last 15 years. chair)—SPACE CAMP alumnus and AVIATION CHALLENGE staff member, a Former SPACE CAMP Staff: current Vice President of Aerospace private pilot, and currently employed as Amanda Stubblefield – currently working at Programs for the USSRC; a consultant with Pricewaterhouse Johnson Space Center; responsible for ISS • Betsy Rogers—2003 National Coopers’ Advisory Services. astronaut crew training. Teacher of the Year and SPACE CAMP Dr. James Rice – currently works with educator alumnus; Arizona State University and the Spirit and • Axel Roth—retired Marshall Space Sponsors Support the Hall of Fame Opportunity Mars rover project. Flight Center employee who worked The SPACE CAMP Hall of Fame not Former SPACE CAMPER: on Apollo, Skylab, Spacelab, and only proved to be a huge evening for Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger – former Space Station programs and the son the USSRC, but also created an educator; recently completed astronaut of Ludwig Roth, one of the original exciting buzz within the Huntsville training and awaiting assignment from von Braun team members; community. Event sponsors included: NASA. • Charity Nehls—SPACE CAMP Enterprise Level Penny J. Pettigrew – works at MSFC as the alumnus and currently Recruitment Ares I First Stage Requirements and Manager at the USSRC; • Barry Holman—engineer with Huntsville Verification Team Lead for the Jacobs ESTS Coca-Cola Group. the Rolls-Royce Corporation in Bottling Co. Indianapolis, Indiana; he and his wife, 6 Events Engage the Community in Anniversary Celebration As part of the SPACE CAMP 25th Anniversary celebration, a variety of Thursday Nights in the Museum public events featuring books, stamps, The USSRC presented special and discussions on space exploration, speakers from across the United were held: States for Thursday Nights in the Museum events, including USN (Ret.) Panel Discussion Commander Trish Beckman and Major The 25th Anniversary summer events Jill A. Long, former Blackhawk kicked off on May 17 with a panel helicopter pilot Mike Durant, acrobatic discussion of Dr. Wernher von pilot Jamail Larkins, and former NASA Astronauts Present Flags to the USSRC Braun’s, Project Mars: A Technical astronauts Bob Springer, Dr. Story Crewmembers from STS-116 visited the USSRC Tale. The panel discussion was Musgrave, and Robert “Hoot” Gibson. on March 6, 2007, to present 249 SPACE CAMP hosted by Chase Masterson, an Lockheed Martin sponsored the 25th Anniversary flags that flew on the Decem- actress in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men events which were open to the public ber 2006 shuttle mission. Commander Mark and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who each Thursday night from June 14 Polansky, (shown left) Robert Curbeam was joined by movie director James through August 2, 2007. (seated), Nicholas Patrick, and Christer Kerwin. Other panelists included Fuglesang presented the flags to USSRC CEO Austin Boyd, retired Navy pilot, NASA Larry Capps (center) and to Edward O. Buckbee astronaut candidate finalist, and (right), who as USSRC Director established author, and Steve Cook, Director of SPACE CAMP in 1982. The presentation of the Exploration Launch Projects Office these flags, many of which were framed and at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight given as gifts to special SPACE CAMP friends Center. The evening began with (see photo on page 6), officially kicked off refreshments in the USSRC museum; SPACE CAMP’s 25th Anniversary. Alabama continued with an autograph session Space Science Exhibit Commission (ASSEC) where panel members signed books, member Daniel Wilson, Managing Partner of CDs, and posters; and concluded Maynard, Cooper, Gale, Inc., provided funding with a thought-provoking discussion to produce and frame the flags. between the panel and audience members. Dottie Metcalf-Lindenberger (H.O.F. Inductee) • Astronaut Educator Class 2004, currently awaiting flight assignment • SPACE CAMP trainee 1990 Postal Cache Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger attended SPACE CAMP at The U.S. Post Office unveiled a age 14, and because of her life-changing experience, th chose a career as a teacher, a career that would allow special 25 anniversary postal cache, her to share her love of science with others. One day which featured a custom cancellation while teaching at Hudson’s Bay High School in at the USSRC, along with new Star Vancouver, Washington, a student asked a question that sent Dottie to the NASA Web site. A call for teachers Wars stamps (one of 15 pictured). For willing to enter the astronaut corps had just been a limited time, this collector’s piece posted, and Dottie applied. She became the youngest was available to the public for member of the Educator Astronaut Candidate Class of purchase at the USSRC. 2004 and is currently awaiting flight assignment. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and daughter.

Endeavour Level Discovery Level Philip Dotts, Public FA, Inc. COLSA Pathfinder Level continued... Redstone Federal Credit Union Bridge Street Town Centre Intuitive Research & Technology Pathfinder Level Camber Corporation Corporation Air Tuskegee CAS S3, Inc. Applied Data Trends City of Huntsville Huntsville Marriott AT&T Computer Sciences Corporation Maynard, Cooper, & Gale PC BAE Conservation Solutions, Inc. Theatrical Lighting Systems, Inc. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Cook’s Pest Control Bill Stender - Pinnacle Technologies, Inc. Corporation Davidson Technologies, Inc. The Huntsville Times Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP Ed Buckbee & Associates 7 500,000th Camper Wants to Be an Astronaut SPACE CAMP celebrated its 500,000th trainee on Friday, June 15, 2007. The trainee, 10-year-old Samantha Rice of Port St. Lucie, Florida, said she has never imagined doing anything else with her life other than being an astronaut. She attended SPACE CAMP on a scholarship from the Thomas Holman Memorial Scholarship Fund. Samantha’s teachers at Manatee Elementary describe her as a positive and enthusiastic student who demonstrates excitement for subjects such as science and math, but Samantha says her favorite thing’“ever” is the Space Shuttle. As SPACE CAMP’s 500,000th trainee, Samantha received a free SPACE CAMP tuition, as well as one of the SPACE CAMP th 25 anniversary flags flown aboard the X-Camp Added to Summer Schedule Space Shuttle Discovery earlier in 2007. The 2007 year marked the beginning of or even boys, for that matter. X-Camp She is shown with Huntsville Mayor Loretta the first completely new camp program gained the devotion of girls and boys Spencer, USSRC CEO Larry Capps (center), at the USSRC since the 1990 opening of alike. and retired astronaut, Dr. Story Musgrave. AVIATION CHALLENGE. X-Camp, a leadership training course centered on X-Camp puts trainees through the paces outdoor challenges and activities, was as they learn the principles of open-face born of the wildly popular Area-51 rock climbing, canoeing, archery, – Leadership Reaction Course activities backpacking, and hiking. While the that were added to all camp programs activities are the draw for the partici- in 2006. And, like the new course and pants, it is the strong focus on leader- challenge elements of Area 51, X-Camp ship and character development that proved to be a favorite among trainees. bonds them and leaves them asking for more. This eight-day leadership training program’s activities are based on 15 The three prototype sessions offered in core Boy Scout merit badge require- 2007 were filled to capacity. And, at the ments. However, there is no require- time of this printing, X-Camp bookings ment that participants be Boy Scouts – were strong for 2008.

8 New Simulations Software Invigorates Camp AVIATION CHALLENGE (AC) has been a favorite among campers for the past 16 years. With its focus on jet fighter pilot training and leadership, it offers students interested in math, science, and technology a different learning environ- ment than that of SPACE CAMP, where much of the training occurs indoors. In the AC program, indoor simulator training is coupled with outdoor land survival exercises. the USSRC Licensing Department (see and were eagerly awaiting the grand opening This year, AC was treated to a total story on page 20.) Evaluations from gala held January 31, 2008. This dinner overhaul. The flight simulator portion of this year’s trainees showed that culminated a 10-day, area-wide celebration the program was rocketed into the 21st participants were more than positive sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Century with a complete software about the improvements…they were of Huntsville/Madison County and the upgrade that enhanced the realism in thrilled! And because the upgrade has Huntsville-Madison County Convention and not only the aircraft, but also in the flight many opportunities for further expan- Visitors Bureau in conjunction with the environments and accessories. But the sion and utilization, trainees can look USSRC. In addition to officially opening the upgrade did not just add to the fun of forward to a nearly inexhaustible array new facility, the event celebrated the 50th AC—training capabilities were also of flight and function options in the anniversary of the launch of Explorer I. This enhanced through—“replay” options upcoming years. satellite launched into space on January 31, within the software package that 1958, aboard a Jupiter C rocket developed in allowed staff to help trainees learn from Huntsville, putting America in the Space Race. past mistakes. Construction Captivates Community’s Attention The USSRC hosted 476,835 museum and Davidson Center for Space Exploration The USSRC partnered with XPlane and Already known as the largest museum in the the University of Alabama in Huntsville camp visitors during FY07. However, the biggest show at the USSRC this year world devoted exclusively to space artifacts, to develop and implement the software the USSRC took a gigantic leap forward with upgrade that supports all camp pro- was outside of the Center’s traditional public outreach—it was the construc- the addition of the Saturn V and Federal grams, including the corporate curricu- tion of the massive Saturn V complex. It Transit Administration complex that totals lum designed for business clients. Now drew the attention of the thousands 68,200 square feet. The building houses the trainees at AC take-off and land at real- traveling I-565 who watched the steel new ticketing area for the museum complex, a world airports and fly over real-world supports rise and the building take form. 360-seat auditorium equipped with 3-D cities in both the U.S. and abroad. The projection equipment, and more than 42,000 of system also improved the graphics and From comments heard throughout the exhibit space in the gallery where the Saturn aircraft capabilities. AC staff can community, it is clear that Huntsville- V is displayed 10 feet above the floor at its choose for trainees to fly some seven area residents are proud to take lowest point. different aircraft ranging from the T-38 to ownership of the new Saturn V building continued next page... the AC130 Gunship, not to mention foreign aircraft such as the Soviet SU- 27. Each aircraft handles and responds exactly as does the actual aircraft. Additionally, AC trainees are able to take-off and land on a fully functioning simulated aircraft carrier and take aim at artificially intelligent land and air targets.

This year’s XPlane/UAH simulations package upgrade created a more realistic AC experience to provide the foundation for development of increas- ingly sophisticated programs for camp participants and for the international market that is growing through efforts of 99 continued from previous page... Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission member Dorothy Davidson, who also serves on the Saturn V Restoration Executive Committee, took the $2 million naming opportunity for the building that is now called the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. This generous contribution—the largest private donation ever given to the USSRC— was announced in May 2007. Mrs. Davidson gave the contribution in honor of her husband, Dr. Julian Davidson, who worked in the early development of missiles, and in honor of the thousands of other Alabama engineers who developed the missile/rocketry technology from which the Saturn V evolved. Interactive, Educational Exhibits planned for the Davidson Center Alabama’s Largest Flag Flying at the USSRC and the south wall is devoted to each of the With the addition of the Davidson Center Lee Sentell, Director of the Alabama Bureau Apollo missions. Implementing the entire for Space Exploration, the USSRC has of Tourism and Travel, selected the Davidson plan is expected to cost $5.5 million; more than 100,000 square feet of exhibit Center for Space Exploration to be the first however, the exhibit modules can be space. The Davidson Center exhibit plan location to display a gigantic Alabama state added in phases, as funding permits. showcases the USSRC’s extensive flag. The flag, which measures 30 feet by 60 collection of Apollo artifacts and couples feet, is mounted on a 140-foot flagpole that this historic hardware with interactive The Rocket Rolls stands alongside the U.S. flag. The flags, computer kiosks designed to teach Construction on the Davidson Center which are located on the north side of the scientific concepts and to fuel curiosity progressed to the point that the rocket Davidson Center in full view of I-565, are the about exploration of the moon and Mars. could be transported to the Saturn V tallest in the Madison County area. gallery in July. A “launch” ceremony, The USSRC is the Official Visitor Informa- called Rocket Roll, was held July 10, 2007, tion Center for Marshall Space Flight to commemorate moving the rocket from Center (MSFC) and will use this new the outdoor exhibit area it had occupied space to educate the public—adults and since 1969. Nearly 300 citizens, including students—about the work being done at many veterans who worked on the Saturn Marshall, particularly in the area of V, gathered for the send-off that was propulsion where MSFC has made sponsored by Accenture. Marshall Space significant contributions in the Apollo and Flight Center coordinated the move, shuttle programs and is again on the employing NASA contractor EG&G (a forefront with the Ares launch vehicles. division of URS headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD), based in Huntsville, Tom Fricker and Peter Radetsky, an and Mammoet USA, a Dutch company that exhibition design and development team specializes in moving large objects. Four Amanda Stubblefield (H.O.F. Inductee) from California (designers of the Clear days later, all three stages were inside the • Astronaut and Cosmonaut trainer, Johnson Space Channel Communications exhibit building where the first and second stages Center in Houston, Texas • 1987 SPACE CAMP trainee and 1995-1997 Lost Spacecraft: Liberty Bell 7 Recovered are displayed on pedestals and the third AVIATION CHALLENGE counselor and of space exhibits at the Astronauts stage, instrument unit, and command Amanda Stubblefield attended SPACE CAMP in the Hall of Fame in Florida and the Kansas module are hung from the 65-foot-high fall of 1987 and returned to SPACE ACADEMY the very next year. Amanda returned again as an Cosmosphere), have developed a ceiling. Conservation Solutions, Inc., the AVIATION CHALLENGE counselor during the comprehensive museum plan for the restoration group selected in 2005 to summers of 1995-1997, graduating from Vanderbilt Davidson Center that is composed of 18 restore the rocket, completed the finishing University in 1997. Amanda began work for Teledyne Brown Engineering in 2001 and was transferred to modules. Those modules along the north work and applied the decals to the Saturn Johnson Space Center in 2002 to work in the Space wall of the building (the side facing I-565) V in January 2008. Station Training Facility. Amanda is employed as an build the Saturn V, stage by stage, while ISS Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Instructor for United Space Alliance. teaching about propulsion and aerody- Amanda lives in Houston, Texas, and is pursuing a namic principles. The western wall Master of Aeronautical Science through Embry- features a stage and a large screen for Riddle Aeronautical University. speakers and educational presentations, 10 Boeing Takes Naming Opportunity for SPACEDOME IMAX® The Boeing Company took the $315,000 naming opportunity for the SPACEDOME IMAX® and paid for the refurbishment of the 25-year-old theater. Renovations included adding closed caption equipment, upgrading the IMAX® projector lens, installing new (and wider) theater seats, repairing and repainting the screen, adding a tile floor in the lobby, and installing an electronic menu board in the concession stand. In October, the new lobby sign went up: SPACEDOME IMAX® Sponsored by Boeing.

Fourth Annual Saturn/Apollo Reunion Draws 800 While saving and housing the Saturn V Dr. George Mueller, who served as Associate 500D/F have been goals of the restora- Administrator for the NASA Office of Manned tion project, celebrating the legacy of Space Flight, 1963-69; and Steve Cook, the rocket and the people who built it Director of Exploration Launch Projects at also has been an important objective. Marshall Space Flight Center. Pratt & At the 2007 reunion on Friday, July 13, Whitney Rocketdyne took the title sponsor- more than 800 people gathered to ship for the event, and SAIC and Halsey celebrate the rocket’s move and to Foodservice were co-sponsors. Saturn V hear astronauts Jim Halsell, Walter pioneers gathered for a photograph just Cunningham, and Owen Garriott; before the evening concluded with fireworks.

11 Apollo Courtyard Features Donor Bricks Dr. James Rice (H.O.F. Inductee) The standing Saturn V rocket, a favorite • Science Team Member with Mars Huntsville landmark, centers a permanent Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity • 1985 SPACE CAMP counselor exhibit area in the courtyard entrance to the Dr. James Rice was born in Tuscaloosa, Davidson Center for Space Exploration. This Alabama, and always knew that he wanted to area features the Apollo missions and is pursue space exploration. Rice’s parents supported his drive and took him to Marshall paved with bricks purchased as part of the Space Flight Center to see the Saturn V rocket. Saturn V Restoration Project. The initial Years later in 1984, Rice received his Bachelor order of bricks that were installed in time for of Science degree in Geology from the University of Alabama and moved to Huntsville the grand opening totaled 747. Among the to be closer to the manned space flight bricks were those purchased by the West program. In Huntsville, Rice served as a SPACE Point Society of the Tennessee Valley to CAMP counselor in 1985 and went on to The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun Northeast Louisiana University for his Master commemorate West Point alumni who Goes on Sale of Science degree. Rice received an For the second year, the USSRC has worked in the space program. Art Meier astrogeology internship at the U.S. Geological (shown left), of the West Point Society, Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona, obtaining his Ph.D. released a book compiled from docu- presented a check for $3,450 to USSRC CEO from Arizona State University. Dr. Rice is ments left to the Center by Dr. Wernher employed at the Mars Space Flight Facility at von Braun. USSRC Archivist and Curator, Larry Capps for the bricks. An eight-by-eight Arizona State University as a Science Team brick reads West Point Pioneers In Space Member with the Mars Exploration Rovers, Irene Willhite, read through more than 500 Exploration. Surrounding bricks are inscribed Spirit and Opportunity. speeches given by Dr. von Braun from with the following names: Frank Borman ’50, 1947 to 1976 to produce The Voice of Dr. Buzz Aldrin ’51, Ed White’’52, Michael Collins Wernher von Braun. The anthology, ’52, David Scott ’54, James Adamson ’69, published by Apogee Books, presents 47 Alfred Worden ’55, Donald Peterson ’55, speeches that cover topics including Richard Mullane ’67, Sherwood Spring ’67, education, the Cold War, religion, and the William McArthur ’73, Michael Clifford ’74, space program. Pat Forrester ’79, Charles Gemar ’79, Jeffrey Williams ’80, Douglas Wheelock ’83, Tim This is the second book Willhite has Kopra ’85, Shane Kimbrough ’89, Holger N. produced from the von Braun’s papers. Toftoy ’26, August Schomburg ’31, John A. Project Mars, A Technical Tale, a fictional Barclay ’31, Francis McMorrow ’33, Edward story written by von Braun in the 1940s, Mohlere ’36, John G. Zierdt ’37, John was released last year. Both books are Nickerson ’38, Robert M. Pearce ’44, Rocco available in the USSRC gift shop. Pro- Petrone ’46, John P. Jones ’53, Jay W. Gould ceeds from the sale of these books ’54, and Edward Olivares ’57. Both Meier and benefit the USSRC. Capps are West Point graduates who worked in missile defense. Bricks continue to be available and will be placed in the courtyard annually.

12 VIPS Tour USSRC th Virtual As noted in the articles on the 25 anniver- Alabama sary of SPACE CAMP and the activities surrounding the Saturn V Restoration Project, many astronauts, aviators, authors, and actors participated in events this year. However, a number of distinguished guests simply dropped in during the year to learn about the Center and to talk with students participating in camp programs. Virtual Alabama Commands National Attention Enterprise Superstar Award given to a The Geospatial Training Application government agency and the first to be Center (GTAC) at the USSRC teaches given in the geo category. practical uses for the geospatial technologies. In past years, GTAC has Governor Bob Riley joined with Google worked with farmers through a USDA Earth Chief Technology Officer Michael grant teaching them how satellite T. Jones and AL DHS Director Jim technology can improve farming Walker to demonstrate the capabilities practices, crop yield, and revenue. In of Virtual Alabama in a press confer- recent months, the GTAC focus has ence held in Montgomery on Novem- been on helping government agen- ber 28, 2007. At the close of FY07, cies improve services and increase Virtual Alabama had over 1,500 users efficiency through a program called in 67 Alabama counties. Virtual Virtual Alabama. Alabama currently serves users in Helen Greiner, co-founder and chair of iRobot, over 35 state agencies, 34 federal visited when she was in town in October 2006. GTAC coordinates Virtual Alabama agencies, 11 state universities, and 7 Author Homer Hickam and his wife, Linda, through a contract with the Alabama regional development councils. The brought their friend, Anousheh Ansari (shown Department of Homeland Security (AL user base is broken down into the above), the first female to privately travel to DHS). This program utilizes the following broad categories: 30 percent the International Space Station (ISS) to visit in Google technology through the Earth law enforcement; 15 percent emer- November 2006. California Institute of Tech- Fusion Algorithm and Enterprise Client gency management agencies; 8 nology Professor Dr. Michael Brown spoke to and places various types of data on a percent transportation; 7 percent students in March 2007. Brown, a Huntsville common map. The data is contributed environmental; 5 percent revenue native, is best known for his discovery of Eris, by numerous government entities officials; and approximately 35 the largest object found in the solar system in including those involved with emer- percent other state and local govern- 150 years, and the object which led to the gency management, city and county ment entities. debate and eventual demotion of Pluto from a government, economic development/ “real” planet to a dwarf planet. Representa- planning, natural resource manage- The U.S. Department of Homeland tive Robert Aderholt of Alabama’s Fourth ment, environmental agencies, law Security is seeking ways to implement District brought Graham Stuart, a member of enforcement and forensics, agricul- the program nationwide. After seeing a the British Parliament representing Beverley ture, and transportation. Placing the demonstration of Virtual Alabama, the and Holderness, rural districts in East York- data on a shared map provides a State of Louisiana asked for permis- shire. A member of the German Parliament, common operating picture, levels the sion to copy the concept for their state Alexander Bonde, also visited. playing field among all counties, and and began implementation during also allows all agencies to better FY07. Mississippi, Kentucky, Okla- Dan Oates (H.O.F. Inductee) coordinate their duties, particularly in homa, Texas, Nebraska, Indiana, • Educational Outreach Specialist, West Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind times of emergencies or disasters Arizona, Florida, and New York City • 1989-2007 SPACE CAMP for Interested Visually such as tornadoes and hurricanes. have also expressed interest in the Impaired Students (SCI-VIS) coordinator program. For the past eighteen years, Dan Oates has been bringing visually impaired students to SPACE CAMP for Google was so impressed with Virtual Interested Visually Impaired Students (SCI-VIS) and Alabama that company officials immersing them in hands-on, creative experiences that demonstrated it at a presentation encourage teamwork and confidence. Employed at the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Oates before the U.S. Congress in Washing- serves as the Educational Outreach Specialist, as well ton, D.C., in spring 2007, and later the as a team member for the Children’s Vision Rehabilita- company awarded AL DHS the tion Project (CVRP), a traveling low vision clinic. Oates holds a Master’s degree in Education, as well as Google Enterprise Superstar Award national certifications as an orientation and mobility for innovation. This is the first Google instructor and a low vision therapist. 13 U.S. Space & Rocket Center SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA Superior Bank in millions joined the corporate partners 2008 2007 2006 Fiscal year ended (Budget) (Actual) (Actual) program during FY07 contributing $15,000 to the Saturn V Restoration Revenues: Project. Superior CEO Stan Bailey Camp Programs $15.07 $13.38 $12.84 (left) is shown with USSRC CEO Museum 10.05 9.09 7.73 Larry Capps who is receiving the Advancement/GTAC 5.86 11.91 3.49 check from Mary Hartley and Other 3.44 2.81 1.66 Vernon Bice of Superior’s Hunts- Total Revenue $34.42 $37.19 $25.72 ville office. Expenses: Personnel Related 12.83 12.72 11.80 Northrop Grumman’s Facilities 2.56 2.37 2.55 corporate lead executive in Hunts- Cost of Goods 2.78 2.37 2.27 ville, Dan Montgomery (back row at Services 1.09 1.08 1.22 Program Related 1.94 2.16 1.59 center), is shown with students from Marketing 1.10 0.75 0.56 across the U.S. who attended camp Travel 0.29 0.40 0.35 in August, courtesy of the Finance 1.52 1.57 1.48 company’s support of the USSRC Other 0.56 0.73 0.86 scholarship program. Northrop Depreciation 2.83 2.28 2.30 Grumman contributed $30,000 to the Total Expenses $27.50 $26.43 $24.98 scholarship program this year, Net Income $6.92 $10.76 $0.74 covering tuition for these students and for five visually impaired students who attended SPACE U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation CAMP for Interested Visually SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA in millions Impaired Students (SCI-VIS), a very special camp held annually in Fiscal year ended 2007 September. Revenues: Scholarship/Sponsorship Donations 0.93 Aerojet 25th Anniversary Donations 0.10 has been sponsoring scholarship 50th Anniversary-Davidson Center Gala 0.16 students for 23 years. Mike Roddy Grants 0.07 Saturn V Donations 2.27 is shown presenting the 2007 IMAX - Naming 0.32 check for $2,000 from the Total Revenue 3.85 company’s GenCorp Foundation to USSRC Foundation Executive Donation Transfers: Director Jennifer Crozier. Also Grants 0.07 Scholarship/Sponsorship Donations 1.08 shown are Advancement Vice Davidson Center-Grand Opening Sponsorship 0.16 President Brenda Carr and USSRC IMAX - Naming 0.32 CEO Larry Capps. Saturn V Donations 2.16 Total Transfers to U.S. Space & Rocket 3.79 Qualis Corporation Expenses: has been sponsoring the NASA Fundraising Expenses 0.02 Stars Program at the USSRC for five Travel Expense (includes program travel) 0.01 years. Company President and Write-off of Pledge 0.04 Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Outside Services - Commissions 0.01 Morard is shown presenting $5,000 Total Expenses and Transfers 3.87 for FY07 to USSRC CEO Larry Capps Change in Net Assets (0.02) (left) Thad Mauldin (right) is a former USSRC Director who now Volunteers donated 1,124 hours of time to activities works at Qualis. at the USSRC during FY07. 14 U.S. Space & Rocket Center® / 2007 Annual Report U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation SPACE CAMP PROGRAMS SCHOLARSHIPS J.F. Drake State Technical College 1.5 in thousands John C. Calhoun State Community College 1.5 Fiscal year ended 2007 Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau 1.5 Raytheon Missile Systems 1.5 Honeywell International 503.4 Renasant Bank 1.5 The Boeing Company 155.5 Science Applications International Corporation 1.5 Aerospace Education Foundation 45.5 Sirote & Permutt PC 1.5 ASMDA 30.8 The Boeing Company 1.5 Northrop Grumman Foundation 30.0 Turner Universal Construction Co. Inc. 1.5 Central Vision Solutions 17.6 UAH 1.5 Sulzberger Family 17.3 Ed Buckbee & Associates 1.4 University of Illinois 15.3 Air Tuskegee 1.2 Army Community Services 11.2 Elizabeth Morard 0.9 Military Child Education Coalition 10.3 Halsey Food Service 0.8 Delta Gamma Foundation 8.1 J. Smith Lanier & Co., Inc. 0.8 Rockwell Collins 6.6 Colonial Bank 0.6 Mathcounts Foundation 6.3 Glenda W. Reitzell 0.6 Qualis Corporation 5.0 Putman Blackwell & Co. CPA 0.6 American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautic 3.5 Steve Hill 0.6 Rockwell Automation 3.3 Waymon, Jan, and Jason Burke 0.6 Alaska Air Show 2.1 WZDX-Fox54 0.6 Bettye A. Wehrli-Space Adventures 2.1 Magna Vista Group Inc 0.6 Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, Inc. 2.0 Young Boozer Family Foundation 0.5 GenCorp Foundation 2.0 United Space Alliance 2.0 BE READY CAMP Honeywell Hometown Solutions 1.2 Toyota Motor Engineering & Mfg. North America 20.0 Joyce M. Wilbourn 1.1 FedEx Corporation 45.0 Lockheed Martin Mechanisms Education Association 1.1 Juanita Sales 0.8 IMAX THEATER SPONSOR Nancy A. Hulverson 0.8 The Boeing Company 315.0 C.I.K Enterprises, LLC 0.6 Michael and Rhonda Winter 0.6 INTERNATIONAL SPACE CAMP BASF Catalysts LLC (formerly Engelhard) 0.5 Toyota Motor Engineering & Mfg. North America 20.0 Ellen Boyle 0.5 Council of Chief State School Officers 28.1 Julian and Dorothy Davidson 0.5 Karen E. Holman 0.5 REDSTONE ROCKET GERMAN MEMORIAL PLAQUE Quality Assurance and Risk Management Services, Inc. 0.5 MSFC Retiree Association 2.5 Ellery B. May Jr. 2.2 25th ANNIVERSARY OF SPACE CAMP F. Brooks Moore 2.0 ATK Launch Systems Group 11.5 James L. Splawn 1.0 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Huntsville 10.0 Other Retirees 0.6 Lockheed Martin 10.0 System Studies & Simulation, Inc. 6.5 SATURN V PROJECT Balch & Bingham LLP 5.0 Julian and Dorothy Davidson 2,000.0 Intuitive Research & Technology Corporation 5.0 City of Huntsville 150.0 Philip Dotts - Public FA, Inc. 5.0 State of Alabama - Specialty Tag Revenue 137.0 Redstone Federal Credit Union 5.0 State of Alabama - Flag Pole 61.0 William H. Stender, Jr. 5.0 Gray Research, Inc. 15.0 Interform, Inc. 3.0 Superior Bank 15.0 COLSA CORPORATION 2.5 Accenture 13.8 AT&T 1.5 Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. 10.0 Applied Data Trends 1.5 Turner Universal Construction Co. Inc. 10.0 BAE Systems 1.5 SPARTA, Inc. 6.0 Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. 1.5 Science Applications International Corporation 5.0 Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP 1.5 AT&T 5.0 Bridge Street 1.5 Compass Bank 5.0 Camber Corporation 1.5 Mary Jane & John Will Caylor 5.0 Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville 1.5 Waymon, Jan, and Jason Burke 5.0 City of Huntsville 1.5 West Point Society of the Tennessee Valley 3.3 Computer Sciences Corporation - Defense 1.5 City of Madison 2.5 Conservation Solutions, Inc. 1.5 Huntsville-Madison County Legislative Office 2.5 Cooks Pest Control 1.5 Bill Stender 2.4 First Commercial Bank 1.5 APT Research, Inc. 1.5 Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc. 1.5 Sidney Ellis 1.5 Gray Research, Inc. 1.5 Kenneth Mitchell 1.1 Huntsville Broadcast Corporation - WAAY-TV 1.5 Frances G. Moore 1.0 InfoPro Corporation 1.5 Orion Propulsion - Tim Pickins 1.0 IronSclad 1.5 Barbara S. Buice 0.9

15 restoration and housing of the Saturn V rocket—and paid for the renovation of the Center’s IMAX® theater that celebrated its 25th anniversary in December 2007. Marketing Other national promotions in FY07: The Marketing Department coordinated the Scholarship & Sponsorship Programs Grow Center’s 25th anniversary celebration with • KB Toys (Spring 2007) The USSRC annually holds a scholarship Marketing Vice President Holly Beach —This national promotion was timed competition in the fall. During FY07, 427 chairing the Center’s 25th anniversary around the second largest toy buying students from across the world applied to committee. Staff members from all depart- season, Easter, and supported the 25th attend a camp session, and charitable ments within the Center participated on the Anniversary of SPACE CAMP campaign. contributions permitted that dream to committee. However, the 25th anniversary • History Channel (Summer 2007) come true for 55 students. In addition, was only one of many activities demanding ––“Get Your Mind Blown” partnership several groups and corporations funded marketing expertise. promoted the History Channel’s newest programs for students and teachers to 13-part series, The Universe. This attend camps, with those donations National Promotions Further Brand Awareness partnership was promoted on both the increasing from $840,000 in FY06 to SPACE CAMP completed an exciting USSRC and History Channel websites $930,000 in FY07. national promotion with LEGO Mars Mission and onsite at the USSRC with a kiosk. and CARTOON NETWORK during FY07. As a • Fizzy Fruit (Summer 2007) Two new sponsoring organizations joined part of this partnership, SPACE CAMP ––National new product launch done in the USSRC donors’ program. The Univer- appeared in the July issue of LEGO maga- conjunction with the film “Meet the sity of Illinois Extension sent 16 students to zine, which has an annual readership of Robinsons” featured SPACE CAMP on Huntsville as part of a six-week program approximately 1.5 million children, and the company’s children’s fruit product for fourth and fifth graders in Cook County, shared advertising space with LEGO in the label, on the grocery store shelf point-of- a suburb of Chicago. The Extension Center August issue of Boys’ Life magazine. sale, and on the website sweepstakes. conducted space-related science experiments for the students on six National Media Feature USSRC Saturdays prior to their trip to Alabama. Media Relations Manager Al Whitaker, The Alabama Civil Justice Foundation along with SPACE CAMP staff Marcia sponsored a week at camp for two Lindstrom, Kim Dickerson, and Steve children in conjunction with another SPACE CAMP shared website links with Ford, appeared on the nationally- nonprofit group, Aid to Inmate Mothers. LEGO, promoting a space game for kids televised Fox & Friends on December 7, Aid to Inmate Mothers works with called Mars Mission. From the SPACE 2006, to promote SPACE CAMP’s 25th underprivileged children whose mothers CAMP website, children accessed Mars anniversary. The group also demon- are incarcerated. Mission to play the first three levels of strated one of the facility’s multi-axis Crystalien Conflict. trainers, an Apollo-era space suit, and a The Foundation posted a record $3,890,000, moon buggy that competed in the NASA due to the generous contribution from SPACE CAMP was part of a national sweep- Great Moon Buggy Race. The USSRC ASSEC member and Saturn V Restoration stakes promotion on CARTOON NETWORK appearance on the New York-based Executive Committee member, Dorothy that ran during the week of August 5 and program coincided with the launch of the Davidson. However, even without that offered 10 trips to Parent/Child SPACE CAMP Space Shuttle Discovery on December 9. contribution, Foundation revenue grew 38 sessions as prizes. Participants entered the percent over that of FY06. sweepstakes by calling in to CARTOON In recent months, USSRC media staff has Penny J. Pettigrew (H.O.F. Inductee) NETWORK during Toonami, the channel’s hosted news crews from local and • Ares I First Stage and Verification Req. highest-rated Saturday evening block of national stations such as CNN, NBC, The Team Leader cartoons. (CARTOON NETWORK and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The David • 1989 Adult SPACE CAMP trainee logo are trademarks of the Cartoon Network.) Letterman Show, Fox News, ESPN, Time Penny J. Pettigrew did not get the opportunity to attend SPACE CAMP until she was a sophomore in Magazine, USA Today, The Atlanta college at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in Journal Constitution, and The Associated Golden, Colorado. Penny attended Adult Camp in Press in the promotion of the Davidson 1989, never imagining how the experience would shape the rest of her life. Penny graduated with a Center for Space Exploration and its Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from upcoming exhibits. CSM in 1992 and later received her Master of Science degree in Chemistry with an emphasis in Materials Science from the University of Alabama USSRC Foundation/Advancement in Huntsville in 1996. Penny is employed with the Charitable donations to the U.S. Space & Jacobs Engineering ESTS Group and serves as the Rocket Center Foundation enabled First Stage Requirements and Verification Team Lead. Penny lives with her husband and daughter students and teachers to attend camp, in Huntsville, Alabama. funded museum projects—including the 16 USSRC Foundation Transfers to U.S. Space & Rocket Center - FY 2007 Dr. Georg von Tiesenhausen (H.O.F. Inductee) • Retired member of the von Braun Saturn V Rocket 4000000 $3,793,519 Team • 1986-2007 Advanced SPACE ACADEMY instructor

3500000 Dr. Georg von Tiesenhausen joined Wernher von Braun’s Saturn V Rocket Team in 1953 as one of its critical advisors, and 20 years after his retirement, 3000000 NASA still uses many of the components he designed for the launch vehicles of the future. In his 21st

2500000 consecutive year as a SPACE CAMP volunteer, twice $2,162,643 a week, von Tiesenhausen shares his firsthand experiences as a scientist with his Advanced SPACE 2000000 ACADEMY students. Covering topics as in-depth as the Space-Time Continuum, von Tiesenhausen 1500000 discusses the material in such a manner that even the youngest student will understand and appreciate $1,063,674 the lesson. Dr. von Tiesenhausen lives in Huntsville, 1000000 Alabama, with his wife.

500000 $315,000 $160,000 Corporate Camp Adds New Options $47,500 $40,000 $4,702 0 During FY07, the Corporate Camp section Scholarship/Sponsorship Davidson Center -Grand IMAX - Naming Total Transfers to U.S. Donations Opening Sponsorships Space & Rocket Center developed custom programs with Abercrombie & Kent Space, LLC, and formed an alliance with Center Receives State and Federal AsOne, Inc., for facilitated programs called Appropriations $148,716 in revenue. Similarly, the “Leadership Series at the U.S. Space & Rocket In the government sector, the Madison USSRC debuted Harry Potter: The Order Center.” County Legislative Delegation members of the Phoenix at one minute after help support the USSRC objective to midnight on July 11, 2007, drawing a In addition to program development, the staff reach as many Alabama schoolchildren total of 11,905 guests and grossing coordinated camps for NASA (all Centers), as possible. The legislative team $115,661 in revenue. firefighters, the Office of Personnel Manage- increased the state appropriation to the ment (Western Management Development Center from $500,000 in FY07 to $700,000 The IMAX® concession stand posted a Center’s Custom Program Division), Siemens for FY08. 100 percent growth in sales over FY06. VDO, and AirMed.

In the U.S. Congress, Senator Richard Shelby and Representative Bud Cramer continue to assist the USSRC mission. FY07 Aerospace Statistics The Center received $470,000 for museum upgrades in the 2008 Consoli- 10,755 attended a weeklong program – dated Appropriations Act. 8% increase from FY06; 877 were teachers

22,479 attended a 2-night/3-day program Aerospace IMAX® Features First-Run Movies 71,647 attended a museum daily/field trip For the first time this year, the USSRC program IMAX® was allowed to show first-run 50 states had campers attend feature-length movies at the same time they debuted at local commercial theaters. The USSRC IMAX®, which 57 countries had campers attend normally operates only during business hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., extended the schedule to include evening shows for Spiderman 3 and Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix.

Spiderman 3, which opened at one minute after midnight on Friday, May 4, 2007, was a complete sellout, as were showings for the entire opening week. In total, 15,297 guests came to see Spiderman 3, and the film grossed 1717 Educator Programs Continue to Grow USSRC programs are designed by the six Appalachian Regional Commission full-time teachers who work in the Center’s The Appalachian Regional Commis- Education Department. Under the direction sion (ARC) initiated a professional of Katrine Balch, the professional develop- development program that brought ment programs for teachers have grown in over 90 teachers to the USSRC. recent years and served over 1,000 educa- These educators participated in 13 tors (877 in weeklong programs with the different workshops on topics remainder in workshops) during FY07. including robotics, rocketry, moon, Honeywell sponsored the largest program Mars, and astronomy. Many of the bringing 265 teachers from across the world participants returned to participate in Geospatial Training & Applications Center to sessions in June 2007. The Boeing up to five of the 13 different work- (GTAC) Company sponsored 83 educators from the shops, and some also attended a Shown at graduation ceremonies for one United States and brought 11 from interna- weeklong session of the SPACE of three Be Ready Camps held at the tional countries in July. Rockwell Collins, ACADEMY for Educators Program. USSRC during September are (from Rockwell Automation, Pratt & Whitney left) Jim Walker, Alabama Department of Rocketdyne, NASA, and the University of In the Fall of 2007, the USSRC began Homeland Security Director; Chris Alabama in Huntsville also sponsored a pilot program in Franklin County, Johnson, GTAC Vice President; John teachers during the summer. Alabama, called Adventure to Space. Holliday, HEMSI Paramedic and Mock Drill The program was funded through a Coordinator; and Sydney Hoffman, Director $127,568 grant from the Alabama for the Alabama Governor’s Office of Faith- Department of Economic and Based and Community Initiatives. Community Affairs. Governor Bob Riley and U.S. Senator Richard Be Ready Camp Program Expands Shelby assisted the USSRC in Alabama sixth graders—160 in all— came obtaining the grant. to Huntsville from across the state to learn basic emergency preparedness proce- Twelve teachers from three schools dures in a program called Be Ready Camp. in Franklin County first attended The Alabama Governor’s Office of Faith- SPACE ACADEMY for Educators Based and Community Initiatives (GFBCI) Program in the summer. Then in working in conjunction with the Alabama September and October 2007, five Department of Homeland Security (AL staff members from the USSRC went DHS) and the USSRC established the camp to Franklin County to spend three in September 2006 when a group of 80 weeks (one week at each school) Madison County students attended a International SPACE CAMP Draws Teachers helping students build a scale model session. By 2007, the program expanded from Across the Globe of the space shuttle, ISS, and mission to three sessions held over a three-week For the eighteenth year, the National control. While there, the staff hosted period at the USSRC. At the conclusion of Teacher of the Year (selected by the parent nights, helped the students each four-day camp, a mock disaster drill Council of Chief State School Officers) 54 build and launch rockets, presented was held in which students put into teachers from the states and U.S. territo- classes on living and working in practice their new knowledge, working ries, and educators from 22 countries space, taught lessons in astronomy, side-by-side with first-responders. The gathered in the Huntsville during the last and discussed careers. The USSRC 2007 Be Ready Camps were funded from week in July for International Space staff worked with the Franklin County the corporate sector by FedEx, Toyota Camp. During the week, some of the best teachers to supplement space, Motor Manufacturing Alabama, ProPac, teachers in the world learned hands-on science, math and technology The Boeing Company, and Wal-Mart. instruction for science, mathematics, lessons within the curriculum technology, and engineering, while already planned in their classrooms. GTAC Aids Government Agencies establishing new friendships that promote USSRC hopes to work with ARC GTAC assisted a number of government global bridge building. officials to expand this low-cost agencies during FY07 with mapping and program to other rural counties training services including the Alabama throughout the region. Department of Homeland Security, Alabama Criminal Justice Information

18 Facilities USSRC staff members, Norm (Corkey) Evans, The Facilities Department completed Bubba Gayor, and James Willhite, started with the remodeling of all restrooms in a completely bare ring and working with Habitat I. These nine restrooms were USSRC Archives were able to populate the ring transformed from open shower and with material stored in the USSRC warehouse. dressing room areas to individual Much of the hardware had to be machined and showers and dressing rooms for fabricated from drawings in order to duplicate trainees. This remodeling by the the actual items. This IU Ring now hangs in the Facilities Department received rave new Davidson Center for Space Exploration reviews from group leaders attending where it is again reunited with the Saturn V. USSRC programs, especially repeat group leaders. Support Programs accomplished many Center, Alabama Department of Children’s projects in FY07 including: Affairs, Alabama Department of Environ- IU Refurbished for Davidson Center • Adding new items to the gift shop including mental Management, U.S. Army Space and The Bus Maintenance Facility Team Photo Fantasy booths, and Animal Land (Build a Missile Defense Command, University of took on the goal of restoring the actual Bear); Tennessee Knoxville Homeland Security Instrument Ring (IU) that belongs to the • Providing a new look through landscaping Nursing School, and Governor’s Office of USSRC’s Saturn V. This project com- changes utilizing water features, flowers, and Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. menced in early February and was shrubbery; completed in July. • Raised the AC lake bottom to a four-foot level and re-sanded the bottom for increased safety; • Converted the IMAX® restrooms to a women’s Programs Draw Visitors from across restroom with improved handicap accessibility; the Globe and Students and teachers from the following • Upgraded HVAC in Habitat II and Administra- countries and U.S. territories participated tive area. in camp programs during FY07.

ARGENTINA DENMARK JAPAN SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC KAZAKHSTAN SLOVAKIA AUSTRIA FINLAND MALAYSIA SOUTH AFRICA BELGIUM FRANCE MEXICO SOUTH KOREA BRAZIL GERMANYGREECE NETHERLANDS SPAIN BULGARIA GUAM NEW ZEALAND SWITZERLAND CAMEROON HOLLAND NORWAY TAIWAN CANADA HONDURAS POLAND THAILAND CAYMAN ISLANDS HONG KONG PORTUGAL TRINIDAD & TABAGO CHILE HUNGARY PUERTO RICO TURKEY CHINA INDIA ROMANIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES COLOMBIA IRELAND RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM COSTA RICA ISRAEL SAMOA VENEZUELA CZECH REPUBLIC ITALY SAUDI ARABIA VIRGIN ISLANDS

Edward O. Buckbee (H.O.F. Inductee) • President, Ed Buckbee & Associates • Former Director, U.S. Space & Rocket Center Ed Buckbee was selected by Wernher von Braun in 1970 to be the first director of the USSRC. Collabora- tion between Buckbee and von Braun gave birth to the SPACE CAMP programs, and Buckbee also started International SPACE CAMP to promote international cooperation in space and successfully organized camps in Japan, Belgium, Italy, and Canada. Retiring from the U.S. Space & Rocker Center in 1994, Buckbee remains a talented spokes- man and advocate for NASA and the exploration of space. As president of Ed Buckbee & Associates, he continues to develop, promote, and present programs to increase the public’s understanding of the U.S. role in technology programs.

19 property, which reduces cost and allows In addition to licensing camp operations, Kelly our staff to return to work much faster. worked with the United States Department 2) A revision of HR policies, procedures of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service to and forms; and transfer ownership of the mobile quarantine 3) Review and modification of position facility (see opposite page) to the Alabama descriptions; Space Science Exhibit Commission.

The HR Department completed a major Kelly worked with the University of Alabama project by reviewing and updating all in Huntsville (UAH) to set up a joint project temporary job descriptions for the through which records stored in the USSRC. Two new sections outlining the archives at UAH and at the USSRC can be general and professional requirements of digitized and made available on the Internet. positions were added. These stated requirements will assist managers with The licensing section also keeps the USSRC clarifying and encouraging minimum and camp brands strong by policing the Human Resources professional standards. unauthorized use of the USSRC’s intellectual The Human Resources (HR) Department property. experienced several changes during FY07. Longtime Vice President of HR, Marion Cox retired in January 2007, after 20 years of service to the Center. Her contributions are invaluable. As a direct result of her efforts, the HR functions encompassing salary scales and compensation, benefits, employment proto- cols, and affirmative action/EEO are finely tuned.

A committee comprised of several managers assisted with selecting her replacement – Vickie Henderson, who received her master’s degree from the University of Alabama in Business Management and has over 17 years of HR experience.

In the summer of 2007, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance audited the Center’s Licensing Affirmative Action Plan to include a compen- Ghazi A. Al-lbrahim, Chairman of the Dr. Wernher von Braun (H.O.F. Inductee) sation analysis. The USSRC was found to be in Board and his wife, Pamela, of Space In addition to being a brilliant engineer, Dr. Wernher von Braun was an effective public compliance after this examination of the equal Investment Company, entered into two relations man who understood the importance of opportunity processes. USSRC staff members agreements with the USSRC to place communicating the vision of space exploration continue to monitor these systems to ensure camp operations in the Arab/ISC Region. to the public and to elected leaders. As a youth, compliance. One agreement is for a license to operate he became enamored with astronomy and the possibilities of exploring space, and as an adult, SPACE CAMP and the other is a license he is best known as the leader of the rocket Over this past year, Henderson and her team agreement for AVIATION CHALLENGE team that designed and tested the Saturn V of professionals accomplished several goals: camp operations. The agreements moon rocket. Von Braun started his work in Huntsville at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency include the right to extend into North and transferred to NASA in 1960. He served as 1) On-site drug testing process; Africa and the Indian subcontinent in the first director for the Marshall Space Flight In an effort to reduce cost and put new hires future years. When Space Investment Center, and in 1970, NASA transferred him to Washington, D.C., to head up the strategic on the job faster, the HR department imple- Company completes its plan in 2012, the planning effort for the agency. He died in mented an on-site drug screening process in company will be operating six camps Alexandria, Virginia, on June 16, 1977. the fall of 2007. The new process reduces drug (one each SPACE CAMP and AVIATION While the world knows him as the man who led screening expenses by 50% and also allows CHALLENGE camp in three separate the team that put America on the moon, those the USSRC to put new hires to work the same locations). affiliated with the U.S. Space & Rocket Center day if needed. This system is also being know that it was through his efforts that the Alabama Legislature passed a law establishing utilized for random drug screening of employ- Also, Mike Kelly, the Vice President of the museum and that SPACE CAMP was ees. Employees selected for a random screen Licensing, continues to work to place a founded as part of his vision to provide a math are no longer required to leave USSRC camp in South Korea. The final payment for and science camp for students. that SPACE CAMP license is due in FY08. 20 Army

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Original Museum As a number of objects and exhibits from the old museum will appear in the MOON ROCKET exhibition in the Saturn V Center, the opportunity arises to redevelop old museum contents to tell a new, compelling story. Not only will this new approach stand on its own, it will complement and expand the story told in the Davidson Center.

MQF Found The MQF arrived in Huntsville in September and after refurbishment will be placed in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, along with the other Apollo artifacts. The MQF002 is one of only three MQFs that exist today, and the Saturn V 500D/F is one of only three remaining moon rockets. The Davidson Center will be the only place in the world where both of these historic Apollo artifacts are displayed together.

21 22 Rocket Park As the new museum exhibit design plan is implemented, it provides opportunity for redeveloping the Rocket Park to more closely complement the stories told in both the new Davidson Center and the original Museum. This new approach will also strengthen the park as an attraction in its own right. 23 One Tranquility Base Huntsville, Alabama 35805-3399 telephone: (800) 637-7223 www.spacecamp.com