Space Voyage Summer Camp and Maker Lab Camps
Space Voyage Summer Camp, Maker Lab Camp, and STEAM Club, 1504 S Johnson Ct, Lakewood, CO 80232
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Space Voyage Summer Camp and Maker Lab Camp includes activities such as a Space Station Simulation, daily rocket launches with nine-foot-tall rockets, and the Saturn V Maker Lab. Campers can take part in Alpha Learning Games, Alpha Artist, Alpha Food in Space, Alpha Inflatables, and Alpha Kerbal 1 & 2. In the Maker Lab, students work on building and fabricating Apollo Saturn V rockets using paper and cardboard, including crafting 36" and 84" replica Saturn V rockets that they can take home.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Summer sessions with immersive 4–5 day programs, including options that run Monday–Friday or Monday–Thursday, with camp days from 8:00 AM–3:30 PM and free care from 3:30 PM–4:00 PM
• Price: $75 discount coupon available by entering code ARTEMIS (all caps) on the checkout/payment page; only one coupon is permitted per registration cycle and payment.
Space Voyage Summer Camp and Maker Lab Camp is described as immersive, competency based, empowering, hands-on minds-on, and high-tech higher-touch. Program structures include Pathfinder programs for ages 6–8, Cadet Programs for ages 9–14, Intern-Leadership Programs for ages 15 and above, and Cadet Alpha for kids ages 9 and above. Alpha programs are described as less rigid than Cadet levels and focus on project-based expeditions that span the entire week, and Alpha programs have been part of Space Voyage Summer Camp since the mid-1990s. All Alpha programs are available during every week of camp, and Space Voyage launches rockets every day at camp. The capstone experience of the cadet week is the Space Voyage Simulation, where crews work together to showcase what they have learned.
Maker Lab camps and Expeditions focus on “thinking like a craftsman,” and the Maker Lab program provides all materials, patterns, templates, and tools to craft a paper replica of the Saturn V rocket. Students can purchase additional pattern templates of the rocket to work on at home, and 2025 Maker Lab camps increased time at camp from 3 full days to 4 full days. The summer of 2025 Maker Lab program will offer three weeks to choose from. Dr. Palmere has been working on the Maker Lab for fifteen years, and 2024 was the first year of the Maker Lab program.
Space Voyage is described as a STEM program that celebrates “The Arts,” and some consider it a STEAM program, which adds “Art” to STEM. The program offers an intensive program of learning and confidence building within a space motif, brings to life the importance of math and science, builds confidence through genuine achievement, creates a sense of belonging, and offers a fun and fantastic place for kids to learn and grow. Its philosophical pillars are to give every student the freedom to choose, the power to achieve, the feeling they belong, and fun, and students learn discipline, focus, commitment, and perseverance.
Space Voyage has been kept as fresh and fun today as it was in 1987. The leadership team includes Founder and Camp Director Doc Palmere, who is described as having a Dual PhD, and a returning Flight Director named Sara. The program has one staff member for every six students, and Space Voyage Summer Camp continues to allow Cadets and Interns to gain experience necessary to work on staff as Certified Instructors and Camp Counselors. Space Voyage Interns can be paying participants or volunteers, and for some the internship is an audition to be on staff. Space Voyage Interns can also volunteer to fulfill high school requirements for community service. Space Voyage offers Zoom informational meetings upon request, and Space Voyage can be a first-time experience for beginning students or a continuation of space flight studies for returning students.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Summer sessions with immersive 4–5 day programs, including options that run Monday–Friday or Monday–Thursday, with camp days from 8:00 AM–3:30 PM and free care from 3:30 PM–4:00 PM
• Price: $75 discount coupon available by entering code ARTEMIS (all caps) on the checkout/payment page; only one coupon is permitted per registration cycle and payment.
Space Voyage Summer Camp and Maker Lab Camp is described as immersive, competency based, empowering, hands-on minds-on, and high-tech higher-touch. Program structures include Pathfinder programs for ages 6–8, Cadet Programs for ages 9–14, Intern-Leadership Programs for ages 15 and above, and Cadet Alpha for kids ages 9 and above. Alpha programs are described as less rigid than Cadet levels and focus on project-based expeditions that span the entire week, and Alpha programs have been part of Space Voyage Summer Camp since the mid-1990s. All Alpha programs are available during every week of camp, and Space Voyage launches rockets every day at camp. The capstone experience of the cadet week is the Space Voyage Simulation, where crews work together to showcase what they have learned.
Maker Lab camps and Expeditions focus on “thinking like a craftsman,” and the Maker Lab program provides all materials, patterns, templates, and tools to craft a paper replica of the Saturn V rocket. Students can purchase additional pattern templates of the rocket to work on at home, and 2025 Maker Lab camps increased time at camp from 3 full days to 4 full days. The summer of 2025 Maker Lab program will offer three weeks to choose from. Dr. Palmere has been working on the Maker Lab for fifteen years, and 2024 was the first year of the Maker Lab program.
Space Voyage is described as a STEM program that celebrates “The Arts,” and some consider it a STEAM program, which adds “Art” to STEM. The program offers an intensive program of learning and confidence building within a space motif, brings to life the importance of math and science, builds confidence through genuine achievement, creates a sense of belonging, and offers a fun and fantastic place for kids to learn and grow. Its philosophical pillars are to give every student the freedom to choose, the power to achieve, the feeling they belong, and fun, and students learn discipline, focus, commitment, and perseverance.
Space Voyage has been kept as fresh and fun today as it was in 1987. The leadership team includes Founder and Camp Director Doc Palmere, who is described as having a Dual PhD, and a returning Flight Director named Sara. The program has one staff member for every six students, and Space Voyage Summer Camp continues to allow Cadets and Interns to gain experience necessary to work on staff as Certified Instructors and Camp Counselors. Space Voyage Interns can be paying participants or volunteers, and for some the internship is an audition to be on staff. Space Voyage Interns can also volunteer to fulfill high school requirements for community service. Space Voyage offers Zoom informational meetings upon request, and Space Voyage can be a first-time experience for beginning students or a continuation of space flight studies for returning students.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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