The Space Center's Voyager Club met for its July monthly meeting on Saturday. The Voyager Club is open to anyone with an interest in space, astronomy, science fiction, and, most importantly, to those who want to volunteer at the Space Center. Club members are ages 12 and up. They come from all over northern Utah.
July's meeting set an all-time attendance record with over 50 members! We filled one of the classrooms to overflowing. The meeting started at 8:00 AM with bingo and the dispensing of lots of sugar and other confectionery delights. Evie, the club's president, started the official meeting at 8:30 AM with the introduction of new members.
Tabitha Ricks Discussing the Internship Program
Several items of business were discussed after new member introductions.
1). Membership Code of Conduct was reviewed.
2). Clarification on the new simulator passes was given.
3). Dave Stevens talked about a new CTE initiative he is working on so interested club members could volunteer at the Space Center and receive high school credit.
4). Matt Ricks invited members to help him in the Space Center's wiring room. Matt is building all the cool electrical prop panels you see in the ships.
5). Tabitha Ricks talked about the Space Center's Internship Program, what it is, and how members could be accepted into the program through the application process.
Jason Trump, director of education at Clark Planetarium, is a Voyager Club educator. He gave an excellent presentation about magnetism as it relates to our Sun. For instance, what causes solar flares, why are they dangerous to astronauts, and why are we hearing a lot about them right now?
Jason brought 26 containers holding ferrofluid so the members could see how magnets affect the fluid, similar to how the Sun's magnetism affects solar plasma.
Club members went outside and got to watch the sun and all its glory through a hydrogen-alpha telescope.
The general membership meeting ended with a raffle. Hundreds of dollars' worth of prizes were given away.
The Acting Class 101 for new volunteers was held directly after the general membership meeting. Tyler Weight is responsible for training new volunteers in the finer points of Space Center acting and costuming.
The August Voyager Club meeting will be held on Saturday, August 29. For more information on the Voyager Club, visit our website. VoyagerClub.org.
Alex Russon Retires from the Space Center and Goes Planetside to Serve an LDS Mission
Alex Russon started volunteering at the Space Center in April 2022 as a young junior high student. He worked his way through the ranks until he reached his goal as a Galileo Flight Director. Brylee Perry was his mentor.
Thank you, Alex, for many years of service and for your example of hard work and diligence. Thank you for making the Space Center experience special for hundreds and hundreds of campers. You will be truly missed by your co-workers and volunteers.
Alex's last mission on the Galileo with Brylee and Benjamin
Photos from the Extended Camp. July 23, 2026
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