The Las Cruces Space Festival is about ‘Making Space For Everyone’. In 2019 we added arts and cultural events to the Festival activities. The ‘Our Place In Space- Las Cruces’ exhibit received over 3,000 visitors and was welcomed by the local arts community. This year we are focusing on developing our art activities to be […]
Despite postponing the Las Cruces Space Festival until later in the year, our sponsors at Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, are still offering one lucky family (maximum of 10 individuals) the opportunity to visit the Gateway to Space facility at Spaceport America! The tour will be delayed until after the restrictions currently in […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is proud to work with the Las Cruces Public Schools to bring space-themed workshops and activities to the classroom. We will be hosting NASA workshops at Vista and Mesa Middle Schools during the Space Festival week (March 30- April 4) and the Joint Polar Satellite System team from NASA and […]
In celebration of the the Las Cruces Space Festival, the Challenger Learning Center will host seven free public missions, sponsored by Galactic Unite, Barnett’s Las Cruces Harley-Davidson, and The Education Plan. Missions last for 2.5 hours, are free and open to the public, but do require pre-registration before March 20th. The Challenger Learning Center offers […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is all about “Making Space For Everyone” we provide free, educational and fun exhibits to encourage youth of all ages to be inspired and get excited by space. On Saturday April 4th, we will be hosting events on the Plaza de Las Cruces from 10am- 2pm. Our line-up of activities […]
In a letter to the United States Space Command, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), along with New Mexico’s Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, urged General Raymond to “fully incorporate and leverage New Mexico’s existing public and private […]
The Las Cruces Space Festival is excited to announce a new partnership with children’s television program ‘Space Racers‘. Space Racers is an original half-hour animated series for preschoolers that follows spaceship cadets at the Stardust Space Academy as they soar through the Solar System. Young viewers learn about the power of scientific investigation and observation, […]
Las Cruces is home to an abundance of opportunities for well-paid, meaningful careers in the aerospace and commercial space industries. There are a wide range of jobs that offer great opportunities and higher than average incomes from the four NASA facilities, White Sands Missile Range, Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic and more. On April 2nd from […]
The 2020 Las Cruces Space Festival launches in under two months! We have a full week of educational and fun space-themed activities that are free and open to all ages. We are focusing our events on STEM outreach and inspiring youth of all ages to reach for the stars! The Festival launches with two days of […]
Spaceport America, the World’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, has released an economic impact report conducted by Albuquerque-based accountancy and consulting firm Moss Adams. The report released on January 30 2020, revealed that New Mexico’s investment in the spaceport has already paid off. The report revealed that Spaceport America generated $33 million in direct economic impact […]