Rockets!

Rockets Exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History

Add Your Heading Text Here Rockets! This exhibit summarizes the historical development of rocketry and honors many pioneers in the field. Significant artifacts fill the gallery. Don’t miss the distinct […]

Icons of Exploration / Tularosa Basin Overlook

Icons of Exploration and Tularosa Basin Overlook Exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History

Icons of Exploration showcases some of the Museum’s most celebrated objects including a real “moon rock,” rare replicas of the first man-made satellites, Sputnik and Explorer, and the Gargoyle, an […]

Space Science in New Mexico

aerial view of White Sands National Park and the Tularosa Basin

Space Science in New Mexico. New Mexico and specifically the Tularosa Basin has been home to many space pioneers and developments that made space travel possible. This gallery features a […]

Living and Working in Space

Living and Working in Space Exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History

Living and Working in Space demonstrates how mankind has adapted to the extreme environmental challenges of space travel. See space suits and clothing, a space toilet, a bio-instrumentation pack, and American […]

Looking Out, Looking Back

Skylab out in space

Looking out, looking back. Before man could travel in space, satellites explored the unknown frontier, testing for possible fatal effects of space travel. Today satellites help to conserve and manage […]

Daisy Track & X-37

Daisy Tracak & X-37 in Alamogordo, New Mexico

In operation from 1955 to 1985, the Daisy Decelerator (named after the Daisy Air Rifle) was an air-powered sled-track used to study the effects of acceleration, deceleration, and impact on […]

John P. Stapp Air & Space Park

John P. Stapp Air and Space Park

Named after International Space Hall of Fame Inductee and aeromedical pioneer Dr. John P. Stapp, the Air and Space Park consists of large space-related artifacts  Named after International Space Hall […]

The International Space Hall of Fame

An astronaut on the surface of the moon

INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME EXHIBITION OVERVIEW The International Space Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to recognize the imagination, efforts, and achievements of those who have endeavored to […]

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