The Memphis Space Center was a non-profit educational organization founded in 1992 in Memphis, Tennessee. The ultimate goal of the group was to establish a Challenger Learning Center within the city. According to The Commercial Appeal, the MSC raised approximately $725,000 in commitments towards the Challenger Center designation. Negotiations to bring the Challenger Learning Center to Christian Brothers University fell apart in July 1998.
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Space Camp
The MSC was best known for its summer Space Camp which was inspired from the programs in Huntsville, Alabama. The day camps were held on the campus of Christian Brothers University. Activities for campers included model rocketry, making a comet, learning about toys in space, simulating a Mars launch, and scaling out a model of the solar system.