Day: November 20, 2022

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Alamogordo is a cool town, and on a recent visit there Joe Gresh, Susie,and I took in three of its attractions:  The White Sands Missile Range, White Sands National Park, and the New Mexico Museum of Space History.  This blog is on the New Mexico Museum of Space History, a five-story tall structure that is arranged in a spiral (kind of like the Guggenheim in New York City).   Joe, as the Ambassador of Alamogordo, suggested riding the elevator to the top and then walking down the spiraling hallways to take it all in, which is what we did.

As museums go, this is a good one.  There were a lot of cool things to see, including a mockup of the space shuttle control panel (that’s Joe piloting the Shuttle in the photo above).  Some of the other cool things are shown in the photos below.

Sputnik, the Russian satellite that initiated the space race.
The Ham capsule. Ham was the first chimp launhed into space. He’s buried on the Museum grounds.
Paying homage to perhaps one of the greated sci-fi series ever, Star Trek.
An exterior view of the Museum.
There’s a small missile park outside the Museum building. The vehicle in the foreground is a rocket sled, used in early development efforts.

If you ever find yourself in Alamogordo, the New Mexico Museum of Space History is worth a visit.

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