New Mexico Museum of Space History
November 26, 2006
After watching the Steelers lose a football game we went to the New Mexico Museum of Space History here in Alamogordo, NM. They have four floors of exhibits that educate, entertain and inspire. We spent hours exploring. The building sits on a hillside overlooking the Tularosa Basin, home of Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range. Among the artifacts was a real moon rock and replicas of Sputnik. There were Space Shuttle “flown” items. Kathy was in here glory. Estes Model Rocket had a few displays too that reminded Kathy of the summers she spent in Russia at the Space Center for Gifted Children in Krasnoyarsk making and launching model rockets. The x-Prize Cup exhibit described the competition that let to the space ship one to become the first manned commercial ship to journey into space and return safely. The International Space Hall of Fame was established in 1976 and commemorates the achievements of men and women who have furthered humanity’s exploration of space. You can see all the inductees at www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame. We had to rush through the exhibits of meteorites in science and lore as the museum was closing. We walked around the outdoor exhibits as the sun was setting over the mountains. Then we headed back to Waldorf where Will prepared dinner, Kathy wified and then we watched Space Quest.
After watching the Steelers lose a football game we went to the New Mexico Museum of Space History here in Alamogordo, NM. They have four floors of exhibits that educate, entertain and inspire. We spent hours exploring. The building sits on a hillside overlooking the Tularosa Basin, home of Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range. Among the artifacts was a real moon rock and replicas of Sputnik. There were Space Shuttle “flown” items. Kathy was in here glory. Estes Model Rocket had a few displays too that reminded Kathy of the summers she spent in Russia at the Space Center for Gifted Children in Krasnoyarsk making and launching model rockets. The x-Prize Cup exhibit described the competition that let to the space ship one to become the first manned commercial ship to journey into space and return safely. The International Space Hall of Fame was established in 1976 and commemorates the achievements of men and women who have furthered humanity’s exploration of space. You can see all the inductees at www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame. We had to rush through the exhibits of meteorites in science and lore as the museum was closing. We walked around the outdoor exhibits as the sun was setting over the mountains. Then we headed back to Waldorf where Will prepared dinner, Kathy wified and then we watched Space Quest.
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