March 17, 2000
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Site Highlights:
Very popular
Modest entry fees
Bring camera
View rockets
View rocket engines
Mercury capsule
Memorial garden
Chimp in space grave
IMAX theatre
4 story museum
| Go to first half of day trip - White Sands National Monument |
| International Space Hall Of Fame |
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Opened to the public in October 1976, the International Space Hall of Fame is charged with the immense responsibility of caring for and exhibiting the many artifacts of our shared space history.
Every year, in October, the ISHF inducts new members into the Hall for their notable contributions to space exploration. |
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| John P. Stapp Air and Space Park | ||
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This park displays rockets, missiles and rocket engines.
Of special interest is the large F-1 engine used to propel astronauts on their journeys to the moon. The park is named after Dr. John P. Stapp, who rode the Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled, also on display here, to a speed of 632 MPH on December 12, 1954. |
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| Astronaut Memorial Garden | ||
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Between the museum and the Hubbard Space Science Education Building, is the Astronaut Memorial Garden dedicated to the memory of the "seven" astronauts who perished when the Challenger Shuttle exploded on January 28, 1986.
Seven Globe willows, one for each of the crew, grace this area. |
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| A wanabee astronaut | ||
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Too little ....
Too late ... Too old ... Too pretty ... Too bad ... Goodbye ... |
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| Shuttle Shoulder Patches (sampler) |
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| Site Gallery - Hall of Fame |
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| The Little Joe II, the large silver rocket shown top row center, was used to test the Apollo escape system at White Sands Missile Range. | ||
| For More Information |
| The Space Center - Alamogordo, NM
The Space Center - International Space Station information Welcome to Alamogordo New Mexico! White Sands National Monument |