Hiller Aviation Museum
Spaceflight Tech
Advanced Rocketry and Space Science
Spaceflight Tech Camp Details
Reach for the stars with the highest-flying Aviation Camp of all! Construct an advanced model rocket, then fly it using a solid propellant motor on Friday’s launch day!
Travel to John D. Morgan Park in Campbell to prepare model rockets for flight! Participate in a safety briefing, then use solid-fuel rocket motors to launch rockets to speeds of 60 mph and altitudes approaching 300′!
Explore destinations in our solar system and beyond with a working refractor telescope. Enter the Starlab planetarium to identify star patterns and planets visible for observation, master moon phases and locate stars used for celestial navigation. Analyze real Mars images collected by orbiting spacecraft, collect and examine real meteorites, fly high performance aircraft in the flight simulators and much more in a journey to infinity and beyond!
Camp Details
Spaceflight Tech Sessions
- June 16-20, 2025
- July 14-18, 2025
- July 28 – August 1, 2025
- August 11-15, 2025
Launch Site Information
On Friday of the camp week, Air & Space and Spaceflight Tech campers will head to the John D. Morgan Park in Campbell to launch their model rockets.
Campers should check in by the regular 9 AM start time at the Hiller Aviation Museum on Friday morning. They will depart the Hiller Aviation Museum via bus promptly at 9:30 AM and return to the Hiller Aviation Museum by 2 PM on Friday afternoon.
Camp activities will continue at the museum until the usual 4 PM pick-up time.
Parents are welcome to attend the rocket launch event! See field trip information letter for more details.
Spaceflight Tech Camp Includes
Rocketry
Astronautics
Launch Day
Camp Daily Schedule
Camps meet full day, 9 AM – 4 PM.
Regular camp check-in begins at 8:30 AM, and check-out ends at 4:15 PM.
Extended PM hours are available for select sessions. PM Care end times and fees vary by session. See registration page for details.
The camp day is split into 4 activity sessions with a recess/meal break in between each session. Children will be assigned to discrete teams and remain with their team and the same instructional staff for the entire session.
