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 is an annual celebration of space-related activity and interest in southern New Mexico and beyond. Our mission is ‘Making Space for Everyone’. The festival is free to participate in, and open to all, with the cost of activities, presentations, displays, and exhibits all covered by sponsors. We work with many […]
Following the encouraging success of the inaugural Las Cruces Space Festival in April 2018, it is time to look to the future and launch the start of the bigger and bolder 2019 celebration. Las Cruces is synonymous with Space; from the early rocket research at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), which started in the mid […]
It’s time to have fun and enjoy the accomplishments and importance of space in Las Cruces and the surrounding community. To celebrate all things space, volunteers have come together to create New Mexico’s first ever Space Festival. It will take place over three days and nights, April 12th to 14th, across three locations. The theme is […]