The Las Cruces Space Festival is bringing a full night of entertainment to Downtown Las Cruces for Yuri’s Night, April 12th 2019. Events will launch with a Space Walk on Main Street. Participants of all ages are encouraged to dress in their favorite space-related costumes with the best dressed awarded a prize. Sign ups for […]
On Saturday, March 23rd, Las Cruces Space Festival will host a live art workshop on the Plaza de Las Cruces from 7am-1pm in preparation for ‘Our Place In Space- Las Cruces‘ exhibition. ‘Our Place In Space- Las Cruces’ will run from April 8th-13th as part of the Festival and for some weeks after. During the […]
Ten finalists from the Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS) Poster Contest have been chosen by the crew from the Challenger Learning Center of Las Cruces. Five finalists have been chosen from grades kindergarten-second and five from third grade-fifth. The winners will be chosen by the Las Cruces Space Festival Planning Committee and announced on March […]
The full schedule for the 2019 Las Cruces Space Festival is here! We are excited to launch 2019 events at Spaceport America on Sunday, April 7th. Up to 50 planes will be allowed to fly in for the ‘Open House’ at the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Free entertainment for the whole family will include; meet […]
We are delighted to welcome Artist Tim Fitzpatrick and his exhibit, Hand Made Light, to the Las Cruces Space Festival. Tim’s installations exploring emission spectra of the elements will be displayed in multiple locations around Las Cruces. Hand Made Light is the next stage in an evolving series of art installations by Tim Fitzpatrick and […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is excited to announce a first for the United States, as it looks forward to hosting ‘Our Place In Space- Las Cruces’, an art exhibition inspired by and featuring large images from the Hubble Telescope. This amazing art show will run from April 8th at various locations around the city […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is providing a platform to showcase local space-related organizations in New Mexico and the talented folk that work for them. Throughout the week-long festival to be held April 7th-13th, there will be talks by New Mexico State University (NMSU) Academics, Researchers from New Mexico Observatories and NMSU Graduates now working […]
‘Science Girl’s Lab’ Melissa Ober is joining the Las Cruces Space Festival on April 13. Melissa engages younger audiences with her interactive performance of “Science Girl in Dr. Von Heister’s Hijinks” combining science and the arts. Join Science Girl and become ‘Lab Assistants’ in her secret lab. Audiences are encouraged to help Science Girl find […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is excited to welcome back guest speaker Alires Almon. Alires grew up in Las Cruces, graduating from Mayfield High and gaining her Master’s Degree in Experimental Psychology at New Mexico State University. She previously joined the 2018 Las Cruces Space Festival to discuss her role as Orchestrator of Engagement at […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival looks forward to welcoming Dr James Rice at the ‘Making Contact‘ event on April 11th. Dr Rice is an Astrogeologist with over 30 years of research experience specializing in the exploration of the Solar System, especially the subject of his talk: the Moon and Mars. His career accomplishments include working […]