Award-winning Author Loretta Hall, will be returning to the Las Cruces Space Festival in 2019. Loretta has written eight non-fiction novels that explore themes around space exploration, ecological architecture, and multiculturalism. Loretta Hall is also a certified Space Ambassador for the National Space Society. This allows her a platform to share her passion and excitement […]
Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS) is putting the ‘A’ in ‘STEAM’ (Science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). A contest is being run for all elementary- age students in Las Cruces to design a poster that may be used to promote the 2019 Las Cruces Space Festival. The contest rules state that the poster must be […]
Las Cruces Space Festival is celebrating the anniversary of the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961 and the inaugural launch of the Space Shuttle in 1981. Yuri’s Night, named after Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, is a global celebration of human space travel. Yuri’s Night is celebrated by tens of thousands around […]
The 2019 Las Cruces Space Festival is proud to be partnering with Exit Realtor Carl Krause. Carl and his company LoveLasCruces.com are ‘Universe’ sponsors of the 2019 Las Cruces Space Festival and will be presenting speakers such as Alires Almon, who will be returning to the festival in 2019 to speak about her work at […]
After more than a decade in the making, on December 13, 2018, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made it’s highest and fastest test to date, reaching beyond one boundary of space. WhiteKnightTwo took SpaceShipTwo, to an altitude of approximately 50,000ft before releasing the aircraft to complete the flight. After free-falling for a short time, veteran pilots Mark […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival was born out of a volunteer spirit by individuals passionate about the history, current opportunities and future possibilities for the space industry in our area. The first event was an amazing success, pulled together quickly and with great cooperation. In planning for 2019, we examined our possibilities for becoming a […]
Las Cruces Space Festival 2019 is delighted to announce a media partnership with Bravo Mic Communications. 101 Gold, Magic 104.9, Zia Country and La Equis will be promoting the Las Cruces Space Festival from April 7-13. Festival organizers will join presenters on-air to discuss events and give listeners a chance to win merchandise and secure […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival 2019 is delighted to partner again with the Challenger Learning Center of Las Cruces. We will host seven simulated Mars missions during the 2019 Las Cruces Space Festival (one mission a day on April 8-12th, and two on April 13th). Join us for an amazing and memorable experience as the […]
Jonathan Firth moved to New Mexico from the U.K., to set up Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America operations. Four years later, he remains in the Land of Enchantment and is now focusing on the Las Cruces Space Festival. The 2019 week-long festival will run April 7-13, launching with an ‘Open House’ at Spaceport America. Stem Southwest […]
Las Cruces Space Festival 2019 will run from April 7th-13th. 2019’s Las Cruces Space Festival will launch with a free ‘Open House’ at Spaceport America on April 7th. Everyone will have an opportunity to see the updated facilities at Spaceport America – the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport – and to look behind the scenes […]