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

Launch Pad Lecture Slated for Friday, April 1 (Alamogordo, New Mexico, March 15, 2022) – At the turn of the 20th century, most of the arid land east of Las Cruces, New Mexico was ranch land. Cattle, sheep, and goat ranches filled the Tularosa Basin, the Oscuro Range, and the surrounding countryside. Most of these

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

Museum and Theater Return to Regular Hours (Alamogordo, New Mexico, Dec. 21, 2021) – The New Horizons Dome Theater and Planetarium will re-open on Sunday, December 26, with the premiere of the new full dome film Dinosaurs of Antarctica. On the same day, the New Mexico Museum of Space History will return to regular operating

PHOTO CUTLINE: Starship SN9 sitting on the launch pad with the build site in the background ahead of its test flight. Credit: Jared Krahn

Regular Meeting of the New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Governor’s Commission Friday, October 29, 2021 (Alamogordo, New Mexico, October 18, 2021) – The Governor’s Commission to the New Mexico Museum of Space History will hold a regular quarterly meeting on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be held via Zoom

More than a Dozen Films to be Digitized  (Alamogordo, New Mexico, June 11, 2021) – The New Mexico Museum of Space History is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded a “One Small Step” grant from the SPACE 3.0 Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. The grant, which was applied for by Museum Curator Sue

Museum to Host Motor Coach Tour (Alamogordo, New Mexico) – Reservations for the October 2021 Trinity Site motor coach tour, hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Space History and International Space Hall of Fame Foundation, began on April 20 through the museum’s website and almost immediately filled the six reserved coaches. Reservations are now

Free Events Scheduled for Saturday, July 20th (Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 12, 2019) – At the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, the celebration of Apollo has been a year-long event. From Launch Pad Lectures and Apollo themed summer camp classes, to manned space flight exhibits and the new giant screen film Apollo

Museums Collaborate to Bring Ancient Reptile Fossil Back to Alamogordo (Alamogordo, New Mexico, March 14, 2019) – Gordodon, a history-changing ancient plant-eating reptile discovered near Alamogordo six years ago, will be making its return home on Friday, March 22, where a welcome reception will be held at the New Mexico Museum of Space History at

(Santa Fe) – New Mexico’s state-run museums and historic sites are offering free admission to furloughed federal employees and their families during the government shutdown. “New Mexico’s Department of Cultural Affairs is opening doors at all of our facilities to furloughed federal government workers and their families,” said Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) cabinet secretary,