What: The Museum of Space History’s Astronomy League has lots going on in December! This month’s League meeting has been moved to Thursday, December 7. The monthly meeting of the New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Astronomy League welcomes astronomers of all ages and skill levels. The meeting will be held in the Clyde W. Tombaugh […]
What: The Museum of Space History’s Astronomy League has lots going on in December! On Saturday, December 9th, bring the family up to the museum for a free public star party! It starts at 6:00 pm and will be held in the upper parking lot near the new observatory. Astronomy League members will point out Saturn, […]
What: Learn how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has helped save lives. Discover how a guy named Hugo laid the groundwork for virtual reality and wireless technology in the early 1900s. See how the realms of science fiction and science fact overlap and help create our modern world when the Sci Fi & Sci Fact exhibit opens on Friday, December 15. Where: New […]
What: The monthly Launch Pad Lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Space History will feature Museum Education Director Mike Shinabery. His topic will be “Ranger & Mariner: All Aboard!” Shinabery will discuss these early space probes and what they were designed to do. This is the last Launch Pad Lecture to be held on the […]
The theme of this meeting will be show and tell. Bring in anything you might have of interest, it can be new or old, just as long as its astronomy related. For more information, contact the Museum Outreach Department at 575-437-2840 ext 41135 or visit our website at www.nmspacemuseum.org.
(Alamogordo, New Mexico, January 19, 2024) – The Governor’s Commission to the New Mexico Museum of Space History will hold a regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on Friday, January 26, 2024, beginning at 1:00 pm in the Udall Building at 725 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe. The Commission’s agenda will be posted to the museum website at […]
Launch Pad Lecture Topic: Tuskegee Airmen with GUEST SPEAKER Carolyn Peeler at our NEW LOCATION! Inside the New Horizons Dome Theater and Planetarium in the Tombaugh Education Center! The Launch Pad Lecture Series is held on the first Friday of each month in the New Horizons Dome Theater and Planetarium. The program is free to attend. Museum staff, and sometimes special guest speakers, discuss topics ranging from space history to space future. Free to the public. Coffee and donuts provided.
Thursday, February 8, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM NM Museum of Space History Astronomy League Meeting — The theme of this meeting will be show and tell. Bring in anything you might have of interest, it can be new or old, just as long as its astronomy related. For more information, contact the Museum […]
Saturday, February 10, 2024 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM NM Museum of Space History Astronomy League Star Party Museum Observatory Complex, Upper Parking Lot This is a public star party supported by the Astronomy League and Museum Educators. Along with the normal array of telescopes, there will be big screen live viewing of astronomic objects […]
The NM Museum of Space History's Launch Pad Lecture Series is held on the first Friday of each month in the New Horizons Dome Theater and Planetarium. The program is free to attend. Museum staff, and sometimes special guest speakers, discuss topics ranging from space history to space future.