Edward Buckbee, Space Camp Founder, Passes Away

0:00It's April 7. From your city to your ears, this is Birmingham News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Edward Buckby, the trailblazing first chief executive officer of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and the founder of Space Camp, passed away Monday. At the age of 89, he arrived in Huntsville at Redstone Arsenal right after graduating from West Virginia University School of Journalism, then got tapped by Dr. Kaim, Werner Von Braun to serve as NASA's public affairs officer. Last September, the city of Huntsville gave him a special resolution celebrating his huge role in space exploration and museum education, which shows just how much he meant to the community. Space Camp kicked off in 1982 from a keychab between Von Braun and Buckby, and it's inspired over 1 million participants, including astronaut Christina Koch on the Artemis II crew. Even after retiring in 1994, Buckby kept dropping knowledge through lectures, leaving

1:00a lasting spark for space in so many lives.