Discover the Cradle of
America's Space Program

Explore

Exhibitions Celebrating the
History of Space Exploration

Exhibits Gallery

Experience

The New Horizon Dome Theater & Planetarium

NOW OPEN!

The Museum of Space History is open and we can’t wait to see you!

Our hours are Monday & Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday Noon-5pm.
Closed on Tuesday.

The museum and theater are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter.

We hope to see you in SPACE soon!

UPCOMING EVENTS

THEATER SHOWINGS

Jul 07

7:30 am - 10:00 pm

Museum Astronomy League Meeting and Free Public Moon Gazing

Find out more »

WHAT'S NEW

Governor’s Commission Meeting Scheduled

GE employees: General Electric employees posing on a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground (now White Sands Missile Range) in New Mexico. (Courtesy of White Sands Missile Range)

Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets

During Artemis I, Orion will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon during an approximately four to six-week mission. (Courtesy of NASA)

Three Steps to the Moon: The First Artemis Missions

New Mexico native and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar D. Mitchell describes the equipment that the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET) carried during the Apollo 14 spacewalk. (courtesy of NASA)

Back in the Saddle Again: The Flight of Apollo 14

The 1981 Max Mobile RRV. This caricature shows Faget as he readies for retirement in his “RRV” – Retirement, Recreation Vehicle – a combination of a space shuttle, motorboat, sail plane, and seaplane. Note the flag atop the mast. (courtesy of Maxime A. Faget Collection at the University of Houston-Clear Lake)

Rocket Man: Max Faget, The Ultimate Spacecraft Designer

Dinosaurs of Antartica Producers, Deborah Raksany and Andy Wood, prepare a cryolophosaurus nest site. (courtesy Giant Screen Films)

New Horizons Theater Reopens with Film Premiere

FEATURED EXHIBITS

Rockets!

Icons of Exploration / Tularosa Basin Overlook

Space Science in New Mexico

Living and Working in Space

Looking Out, Looking Back

Daisy Track & X-37

John P. Stapp Air & Space Park

The International Space Hall of Fame