Alexandra - Space Camp

My astronaut girl, Alexandra, will be returning to space camp this summer, completing Levels 2 and 3 in July. There are four levels total and last year she completed Level 1. She's pretty excited and it's a cool thing she gets to do. I want her childhood. ;-) Below are descriptions of each Level.

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Level 2, Early July 2007 (Hutchinson, Kansas)

Full day of scuba training and underwater EVA exercises with certified dive instructors as your team prepares for critical space walks to support your ISS mission.
Demanding flight training with timed air trails in the Advanced Flight Simulator.
Advanced rotations in the centrifuge, monitoring physiological changes to blood pressure and heart rate while working on a set of problems in a high "g" environment.
Large rocket construction and launch.
Training inside an actual Soyuz simulator that was used by American astronauts to prepare them for their missions to Mir and the ISS.


Level 3, Late July 2007 (Hutchinson, Kansas & Houston, Texas)

Neutral Buoyancy Lab where astronauts trains for EVAs in the world's largest indoor pool.
Building 9 and the full-scale shuttle and ISS trainers.
Briefings from, and the chance to interact with, top NASA engineers and flight trainers.
Mission Control Center
Visit to Space Center Houston, the visitor center of Johnson Space Center.
Banquet dinner with NASA personnel and presentation from distinguished NASA guests.


Level 4, Late June 2008 (Cape Canaveral, Florida)

Behind-the-scenes look at Kennedy Space Center.
View of the spaceflight hardware and launch center for NASA.
Visit Rocket Garden
Visit Early Spaceflight
Visit Astronaut Hall of Fame
Visit SpaceHAB
Visit Cocoa Beach
Work at Florida Space Authority to build your own payloads for weather balloons. These are then launched over 100,000 feet the following day at Cape Canaveral Weather Station.