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New Mexico Museum of Space History


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 6 attractions in Alamogordo
Traveller Description:
This museum complex includes the space museum, Planetarium, IMAX® dome theater, Hubbard Space Science Education Facility, and the International Space...... more » This museum complex includes the space museum, Planetarium, IMAX® dome theater, Hubbard Space Science Education Facility, and the International Space Hall of Fame. « less
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Attraction type: Science museum, Educational site, Museum complex, Theatre
Activities: Hiking, Camping
Address: NM Highway 2001 Alamogordo, NM 88311-5430
Tel: 877-333-6589, 505-437-2840
Fax: 505-434-2245

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28 Jul 2009

Interesting museum with lots of space history. Take time to look at the rockets in front. Ham, the first space chimp is buried on the grounds. more

28 Dec 2008
1
person found this review helpful

As the previous reviewer said, the highlights are the rockets outside. The museum itself is interesting enough, in an encyclopaediac kinda way, but is short on "real" stuff - it's mostly replicas and scale models. Not terrible by any means, but if you know your space stuff, not terribly exciting either. Note that down by the railway tracks in town,... more

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2 of 5 stars
North Carolina
19 May 2008
1
person found this review helpful

My wife and I love space museums. This one looked promising and has a neat rocket display outside, but that was the highlight. The IMAX theater was "sold out" due to school field trips for several shows so that was not available. The indoor displays were mostly minatures and photopgraphs of famous space pioneers. These men were brilliant, but six... more

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5 of 5 stars
Colorado Springs, CO
25 Nov 2006
3
people found this review helpful

We enjoyed our visit to the space museum. They have outside displays of rockets, etc Including the sled that a man rode in at 632 mph in 1954! (see photo) Inside you take the elevator to the 4th floor. What I really liked is how you start at the top and the exhibits wind themselves down to the floor below... more

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New Mexico Museum of Space History Address

NM Highway 2001, Alamogordo, NM 88311-5430
Tel: 877-333-6589, 505-437-2840 Fax: 505-434-2245