Apollo 9 Commander Jim McDivitt Passes Away at 93
Astronaut James A. McDivitt photo courtesy NASA International Space Hall of Fame Inductee James A. McDivitt has passed away at 93 surrounded by family and friends. A native of Chicago, […]
Exoplanets: We are Not Alone
Free Launch Pad Lecture Introduces New Worlds The monthly Launch Pad Lecture at the Museum of Space History will feature Museum Outreach Coordinator Tony Gondola. His topic will be “Exoplanets: […]
Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov Passes Away
International Space Hall of Fame Inductee Held the World Record for Longest Manned Spaceflight International Space Hall of Fame Inductee Valeri Polyakov, the Russian cosmonaut who held the world record […]
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Destination Moon and the Films that Made Us Ask “What if?”
Launch Pad Lecture Friday, September 3rd When: Friday, September 2, 2022, at 9:00 am. Where: New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, NM. Take the elevator up to the second […]
Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets
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 […]
Three Steps to the Moon: The First Artemis Missions
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 […]
Back in the Saddle Again: The Flight of Apollo 14
Launch Pad Lecture Slated for Friday, February 4 (Alamogordo, New Mexico, January 28, 2022) – Apollo 14 was a mission of unusual things – from problems with the docking procedure […]
Rocket Man: Max Faget, The Ultimate Spacecraft Designer
Launch Pad Lecture Slated for Friday, January 7 (Alamogordo, New Mexico, December 27, 2021) – Exploring the incredible contributions of the boy who dreamed of being an engineer is the […]
New Horizons Theater Reopens with Film Premiere
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 […]