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Classic Film Returns to IMAX
The IMAX classic film Blue Planet has returned to the Clyde W. Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. Blue Planet. . .

IMAX Movies

Dolphins
Imagine you are a marine biologist working in the crystalline, turquoise waters of the Bahamas. . . .

Featured Exhibit
Upcoming Events

Living and Working in Space
Living and Working in Space demonstrates how mankind has adapted to the extreme environmental challenges of space travel. See space suits, hygiene equipment,. . .

June 7th, 2008
Tailgate Series starts

June 9th, 2008
Shuttle Camp starts!

July 4th, 2008
Fireworks Extravaganza!

May 15th in Space History

    • 1963: Gordon Cooper flies on the last and longest (34 hours) mission of NASA's Project Mercury, MA–9.
    • 1997: STS–84 Atlantis begins a 9.2–day mission to the Russian space station Mir.