ZACH LAFSER recently attended SPACE CAMP

Huntsville, AL - ZACH LAFSER of WOODSTOCK, GA recently attended SPACE CAMP at  
the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home of SPACE CAMP and NASA's official Visitor  
Information Center for Marshall Space Flight Center. The weeklong educational program  
promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), while training students  
and adults with hands-on activities and missions based on team work, leadership and  
decision-making.  

ZACH was part of the SPACE ACADEMY Program which is specifically designed  
for trainees who have a particular interest in science and aerospace.  He spent the week training  
with a team that flew a simulated Space Shuttle mission to the International Space  
Station (ISS). Once aboard the ISS, the crew participated in experiments and  
successfully completed an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or space walk. ZACH  
and crew returned to earth in time to hear retired Space Shuttle astronaut  
Col. Bob Springer speak at their graduation!  

SPACE CAMP crew trainers who lead each 16-member team must have at least a year  
of college, and 67% of the 2011 staff are college graduates. SPACE CAMP operates  
year-round in Huntsville, Alabama, and uses astronaut training techniques to  
engage trainees in real-world applications of STEM subjects. Students sleep in  
quarters designed to resemble the ISS and train in simulators like those used by  
NASA. More than 600,000 trainees have graduated from SPACE CAMP since its opening  
in Huntsville in 1982, including STS-131 astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger.  
Last year, children and teacher from all 50 states and 58 international locations  
attended SPACE CAMP.  

Interested in training like an astronaut? Visit www.spacecamp.com or call 1-800-63 SPACE