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Sign up for NASA Campin Trip: Sat. Jan25 -26, 2025
RSVP to join us for the NASA Camp-in, Houston Texas. Pack 90 tries to do this Camp-in every two years. It is always a fan favorite!! All Scouts and Family (5 years and older) are Welcome to join us for this cool experience!!
Book NOW because it will fill! BOOK HERE. (You can get a refund up to 5 weeks from the event date, Dec. 18.)
Where: NASA Space Center, 1601 E NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058 (approx. 3 hr 30min drive)
When: Saturday, Jan 25th – Sunday, Jan 26th
Cost: $70 per Adult & $80 per Scout and other Siblings (children 5 and up only) **, plus approx $10 Processing Fees (We will ask for payment to be given 6 weeks ahead of the event, Dec 4.)**
Each Attendee also gets a ticket to explore the museum on the second day as well.
Below is some general information from NASA Camp-in:
Our Cub Scouts Overnight will introduce Scouts to the scientific and engineering challenges NASA encounters when preparing for space exploration.
Experience Includes:
- Exciting Hand-on STEM activities involving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics involved with space exploration.
- Overnight Campout amongst historic space artifacts.
- 2 catered meals: Dinner and Breakfast
Itinerary from Past Years (so probably similar)
FIRST DAY EVENING
- 5:00 p.m. – Check-in
- 6:00 p.m. – Welcome Show
- 6:15 p.m. – Catered Dinner
- 7:00 p.m. – Activities Conducted
- 10:00 p.m. – Get ready for bed
- 11:00 p.m. – Lights out
SECOND DAY MORNING
- 6:45 a.m. – Wake-up / pack-up / load gear in vehicles
- 7:45 a.m. – Catered Breakfast
- 8:20 a.m. – ISS Space Explorers Film
- 9:00 a.m. – Tram Tour of NASA Johnson Space Center
- 10:00 a.m. – Dismissed.
Please note: The above morning schedule is subject to change without notice. Length of tram tour and the locations visited may vary based on availability.
You may also visit Overnight Experiences FAQ for more info.
Reminder Email: A detailed itinerary, Check-In Map, and program updates will be sent to you a week before your event.
Check-In: Check-in will be from 5:00-6:00 PM. We recommend that if you are planning to sleep outdoors, that you get here closer to 5:00 PM to ensure you have enough time to put up your tent.
Sleeping Arrangements
- Indoor Sleeping: Participants will have assigned locations for each of your groups inside the center.
- Indoor setup will take place towards the end of the evening. Please leave your bedding materials inside the car until the end of the night.
- You will need to bring a sleeping bag or some type of bedding.
- Our lead instructor will direct you to your assigned location the night of the event, after the center closes.
- Air mattresses larger than twin size will NOT be allowed in indoor sleeping areas.
- Outdoor Sleeping: You may also choose to sleep outside in a tent underneath our SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that has flown to space twice or under the historic space shuttle carrier aircraft that ferried space shuttles 223 times.
- Please be aware that if you decide on outdoor sleeping you will be setting up your tent immediately after check-in, NOT at the end of the night.
- If you choose this option, you must bring your own tents as well as bedding.
Meals
- Dinner will be provided after check-in. Our current menu will be listed in your reminder email a week before the event.
- While we are happy to accommodate requests for vegetarian and gluten-free substitutions, we currently may be unable to modify specific menus for other individual dietary needs/allergies. Requests for substitutions must be provided via email to overnights@spacecenter.org a minimum of 2 weeks prior to your event to be guaranteed.
- Please be aware that items are prepared in a facility handling and preparing with egg, milk, wheat, shellfish, soy, peanut and tree nut products and other potential allergens. If there is a concern with the dietary requirements, individual bagged meals are permitted to be brought onsite for your event. Please contact your event manager with any questions/concerns about the menus.
Questions
- For more info call Meg at 512-636-9176.
- For more information or questions regarding registration, call +1 281-283-4755 to speak to one of our reservations specialists, or email reservations@spacecenter.org.
- For more information or questions regarding the program, call +1 281-244-2131 to speak to our program coordinator, or email overnights@spacecenter.org.
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