January 7, 2022 Launch Pad Lecture at the NM Museum of Space History. “Rocket Man: Max Faget, The Ultimate Spacecraft Designer” Location: Museum Second Floor. Speaker: Museum Executive Director Chris Orwoll.
January 8, 2022 Science Saturday at Pizza9 in the White Sands Mall - “Build Your Own Spacecraft!” Museum educators help kids design and build their idea for a spacecraft, then they use special spin and shake contraptions to see if each spacecraft has the right stuff! This activity is fun for all ages and is based on the National Informal STEM Education Network program.
Apollo 14 was a mission of unusual things – from problems with the docking procedure that jeopardized the lunar landing, to the first round of golf on the surface of the moon – the third landing on the moon was a “wow” by any standard. Learn more on Friday, February 4th, when Museum Outreach Coordinator Tony Gondola presents “Back in the Saddle Again: The Flight of Apollo 14” as part of the museum’s monthly Launch Pad Lecture series.
February 12, 2022 Science Saturday at Pizza9 in the White Sands Mall - “Put Your Spin on Space Art!” Learn how stars are born in a giant gas cloud called a nebula, then use our special spinners to create your own nebula!
Launch Pad Lecture Slated for Friday, March 4 (Alamogordo, New Mexico, March 2, 2022) – Artemis 1 will be NASA’s first moon mission since Apollo. The uncrewed mission will take a multi-week journey to the moon and back to demonstrate that the Orion spacecraft is ready to carry astronauts, in preparation for the Artemis 2 […]
March 12, 2022 — The New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Science Saturday at Pizza9 in the White Sands Mall “A Bridge to Space” — How do you keep two rockets from crushing the fuel tank between them? Hold them in place with a special bridge! Try your hand at building the bridge at the […]
April 1, 2022 - Launch Pad Lecture at the NM Museum of Space History. “Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets” Location: Museum Second Floor. Speaker: NM Farm and Ranch Museum Curator of History, Leah Tookey.
April 9, 2022 — The New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Science Saturday at Pizza9 in the White Sands Mall “Exploring the Universe: Orbiting Objects” — This hands-on activity invites visitors to experiment with different sized and weighted balls on a stretchy fabric gravity well. The activity models gravitational attraction in space. Participants investigate how […]
The monthly Launch Pad Lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Space History will be on Friday, November 4, 2022, at 9:00 am. This months feature Museum Outreach Coordinator Tony Gondola. His topic will be “The NEW Road to the Moon” and will take a close look at NASA's plans to go back to the moon […]
What: The monthly of the New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Astronomy League welcomes astronomers of all ages and skill levels. When: Thursday, March 9, at 7:00 pm. Who: William “Bill” Wren picked up the nickname “Angel of Darkness” during his tenure at the McDonald Observatory where he worked for more 30 years as an astronomy educator and […]