The Space Center's Voyager Club met for its monthly meeting on the last Saturday of July. We started with Bingo, a tradition that goes back decades. At 8:30 A.M., the meeting was called to order by President Eavie. A very warm welcome was given to our newest club members.
The new members introduced themselves, giving their name, their school, and grade, and one memory that stood out from doing their 2 mission observations.
I spoke to our members about the volunteering schedule. Fall is the time of the year when private missions drop off. They pick back up again towards the holidays. During the Fall, club members must be mindful of everyone and not volunteer for too many missions at one time. "Leave the schedule open for our newer members and those who don't 'live' on the app waiting for missions to pop up," I said. "Let's limit ourselves to two missions per month max, unless you are training. You can take more missions if there is a flight still open for volunteers a day to two before the mission starts". Everyone understood the spirit and intent of the request.
Tyler Weight conducted our monthly training session. Tyler is the head of the Voyager Club's Acting Department. The meeting's topic was "How to Properly Play the Role of Doctor both on the Bridge and Calling Shots".
Amberlynn and Rachel kindly assisted Tyler by conducting "On Set" hands-on training in both the Phoenix and Cassini.
The Voyagers spent 20 minutes in each simulator. The instruction was spot on and necessary to ensure our visitors have a great experience.
The last part of the workshop was held in the school's hallways. Tyler taught the volunteers the proper way to "Call Shots" while in character. Watch the video to see how well he covered the topic.
A special thank you goes to Tyler, Amberlynn, and Rachel for teaching the workshop and to our Voyagers for attending. Please enjoy the short video highlighting the workshop and the great job our members did demonstrating their learning through role-playing.
The Space Center Olympics: Ship vs. Ship in All Out War!
The Space Center's annual Olympics were held on July 29, 2025. It is the ultimate "End of the Summer Camp Season" activity for all Space Center staff. Hyrum Sasser and Matt Ricks were the creative force behind this year's Olympics and didn't disappoint. Everyone had a great time, even me, the ultimate party pooper :)
As you can see in the photo above, it was the simulator staff that formed the six teams. While normally good friends and comrades, during the Olympics, the fangs came out. The teams played to win "Top Team".
The first event was Mission Charades. The rules of the game are in the photo above.
Above you see the Galileo staff. Mr. Porter really got into it! Either that, or he was trying to get them to guess Mr. Williamson (in the lower photo ;)
The next event was "Find the Explosive Device". There are pictures of all the events in the video at the end of this article. Be sure to watch the video to see all the fun.
After that was "Getting Through the Laser Field". Once again, watch the video to see the staff crawling on the school's floor trying not to be detected. Great Fun!
Above are photos of "Speed Decoding" and "Speed Prop Building" competitions.
The funnest competition, in my opinion, was the Space Center Cookie Decoration Contest."
It was ship against ship to decorate a cookie according to strict rules established by Matt Ricks. There were even sabotage instructions that teams could carry out on other teams.
The Cassini won with their "Teacher in Space" patch logo (third from the left in the photo above). The video features entertaining scenes from the competition.
Lunch was held in the school's lunchroom.
The cookies were dessert. Mickey bragged about how his big mouth could consume the Odyssey's cookie in six bites. Watch the video to see how that played out.
After lunch came the Khoot competition.
I had to leave before the event ended, so another event was held in the hall. I grabbed this photo on my way out.
Once again, great job, Hyrum and Matt! It will be tough for next year's event managers to top this one. Now, enjoy the video of all the photos and videos of the actions.
Lily Massa takes a Leave of Absence from the Magellan to go Planetside. School Calls.
Lily's last mission in the Magellan was on Saturday. Lily will be going away to school, but plans on returning to Starfleet and the Magellan next summer. Her last staff and volunteers wanted to remember the event with the photos above. Good luck Lily!
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