The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a Smithsonian-affiliated complex containing a museum and planetarium. The museum was created to preserve and display artifacts and exhibits related to the space age and the history of space flight. The museum consists of one main building, several outbuildings, and outdoor exhibits. The main museum has exhibits about the Solar System, the history of space flight, and the primates that were sent to space on early missions. Nearby there is an IMAX Theater and Planetarium that screens daily films. The outdoor area has a number of larger items on display including a memorial to the astronauts in the Challenger and Columbia space disasters, the burial site of the first chimpanzee in space, and Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled.

3198 State Route 2001, Alamogordo, NM 88310, Phone: 575-437-2840

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