New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Highlights from Space Frontiers
The study of astronomy and exploration of space are two human endeavors deeply rooted in the history of New Mexico. From the Sundagger to Spaceport America, the Land of Enchantment has been a leader in astronomical discoveries and technological innovations that have guided humanity into space.
New Mexico's ancestral astronomical studies.
Early mapmakers in New Mexico used astronomical observations to determine their location with precise accuracy.
In 1930, Pluto is discovered in the southwest.
The father of rocket science.
An essential step toward the exploration of space.
Safety gear had to be worn while refueling the rockets.
One of the early rockets used by the United States for outer space research.
USAF testing target drone.
Chimpanzee mannequin in a newly made flight suit, recreating the image of HAM, ready for takeoff in 1961.
Apollo Sample #71566
Replica of the plaque left on the moon during the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.
Equipment for monitoring vital organs while the astronauts were in outer space.
Packages of the food the astronauts took on the first space shuttle mission into outer space.
The first space shuttle flight carried this flag into space.
1:4 scale model of the Automated Biological Laboratory on Voyager space probe.
1:44 scale model of the International Space Station.
Detailed full-scale rover built by volunteers with permission from JPL and NASA for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
This is a depiction of the future role New Mexico has in human travel to outer space.
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