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  New Mexico Museum of Space History » Exhibitions
Named after International Space Hall of Fame Inductee and aeromedical pioneer Dr. John P. Stapp, the Air and Space Park consists of large space-re.
The International Space Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to recognize the imagination, efforts, and achievements of those who ha.
NMSpaceMuseum.org is © 2005 - 2007 The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
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  New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | Museum of Space History
The Museum of Space History, a five-story golden cube nestled on the western slope of the Sacramento Mountains, mixes education with entertainment.
The Museum's International Space Hall of Fame has exhibits ranging from Robert Goddard's early rocket experiments near Roswell to mock-ups of tomorrow's space stations.
The International Space Hall of Fame honors more than 100 individuals, including Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; British scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke; journalist Walter Cronkite; and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
www.nmoca.org /spacecenter.html   (158 words)

  
 International Space Hall of Fame Information
The International Space Hall of Fame (also known as the New Mexico Museum of Space History) sits on the western face of the Sacramento Mountains in the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico in the United States.
It also includes exhibits about the planets of the Solar System, space flight and the primates that were used in early space flight experiments conducted by the United States.
His remains were entombed at the International Space Hall of Fame in 1983 upon his death at the age 27.
www.bookrags.com /New_Mexico_Museum_of_Space_History   (254 words)

  
 International Space Hall of Fame :: New Mexico Museum of Space History
International Space Hall of Fame :: New Mexico Museum of Space History
The International Space Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to recognize the imagination, efforts, and achievements of those who have endeavored to advance man's knowledge of the universe, and his ability to explore space.
Photographs not the property of the New Mexico Museum of Space History appear courtesy of NASA image archives.
www.nmspacemuseum.org /halloffame   (117 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Astronaut Hall of Fame Inducts Three Shuttle Commanders
The 2006 class of Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees stand before their newly-installed tributes at the Florida museum.
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Clad in brown, blue and orange pressure suits, the 2006 class of Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees (as depicted in their official NASA portraits and reprinted on posters and programs given to their ceremony guests) visually emphasize the different periods of space shuttle missions for which they were being honored.
The trio of former shuttle commanders -- Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, Brewster Shaw and Charles Bolden -- were welcomed into the Hall this past weekend by nearly 20 of their fellow inductees out of the 60 that the Florida Hall honors to date.
www.space.com /news/cs_060508_astro_halloffame.html   (2340 words)

  
  International Space Hall of Fame
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.
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.
www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/spacehalloffame/halloffame.html   (211 words)

  
  INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME
The International Space Hall of Fame was founded in 1976 to honor space age pioneers from around the world.
The Hall of Fame which is a part of the New Mexico Museum of Space History continues its work to catalog the achievements of researchers, scientists, astronauts, writers, artists and others who are continually pushing forward the boundaries of space.
The John P. Stapp Air and Space Park is named for Dr. John Paul Stapp, the space research pioneer who rode the Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled to a speed of 632 miles per hour in 1954.
homepages.vvm.com /~jmlamb/spachall.htm   (395 words)

  
  Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Bound for Space Technology Hall of Fame
The inducted technologies and innovators will be honored at the 16th Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner, to be held April 1 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The awards dinner, co-sponsored by The Boeing Company, is the capstone event of the 20th National Space Symposium, March 29-April 1.
The Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA, established the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 1988 to honor the innovators who have transformed space technology into commercial products, to increase public awareness of the benefits of space technology, and to encourage further innovation.
STS-111: Space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the International Space Station in June 2002 brought up the Expedition 5 long-duration resident crew, a load of supplies and the Mobile Base System structure to serve as the platform for moving the station's robotic arm up and down the truss backbone.
www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0402/28halloffame   (1048 words)

  
 Sports Curmudgeon - Topical Rants: Too Many Halls of Fame
The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville is a counterpart of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and once again I'd rather listen to the music than look at the guitar pick used by someone who was in the back-up band for someone else.
One of the co-founders of this hall of fame is the US Patent Office, which may explain why one needs to have a patent on one's invention to be eligible for induction here.
The Cycling Hall of Fame in Westminster, CO is dedicated to “preserving the history of cycling's greatest races and the riders who rode them.” Down the road — to coin a phrase — in Crested Butte CO, there is the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame originally founded to “chronicle the history of mountain biking”.
www.sportscurmudgeon.com /topical/halls_of_fame.html   (2106 words)

  
 Origins of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Of the 25 immortals who had been elected to the Hall of Fame up to that point, 11 were still living; and all of them journeyed to Cooperstown to attend the centennial celebration.
Founded in 1939 as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the National Baseball Library is by far the largest repository of baseball information in the world.
Additionally, Hall of Fame Weekend, featuring the Induction Ceremony and scores of returning Hall of Fame members, highlights the schedule of events for the year.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /about/history.htm   (1993 words)

  
 Yorkshire CND - Space researcher dropped from hall of fame - 18/5/06
The New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo took that lesson to heart this week by removing a member from its International Space Hall of Fame.
Strughold, who was referred to as the "father of space medicine," directed a group that participated in experiments where prisoners were frozen to near death and re-warmed to see how quickly they would recover, according to the league's documents.
Last fall, a visitor to the New Mexico space history museum noticed Strughold on the hall of fame and brought it to the Anti-Defamation League's attention, Seligman said.
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/nazi_removed.htm   (730 words)

  
 M.E.A. - The Space Pioneer,hermann oberth,stuhlinger,von braun,rocket history   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This speech was originally given at the International Space Hall of Fame, Alamo Gordo, New Mexico, in October, 1976 by one of the top rocket scientists and a long-time colleague and friend of Hermann Oberth, Prof.
She bought and read the books of Jules Verne; when Hermann was twelve, she gave him these books to read, and she opened to him the world of the moon, the planets, and the stars, a world that was to become his own real world for all the years to come.
Even with these propellants, he found out, a rocket to the moon would be tremendously large, and probably not technically feasible; so he suggested that the space rocket should have several stages, each of them to be ignited when the previous rocket had spent its fuel.
www.meaus.com /spacePioneer.html   (2467 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: Nancy J. Currie (2/2006)
A veteran of four space shuttle missions, she has accrued 1000 hours in space.
During her tenure in the Astronaut Office Currie worked as a spacecraft communicator and was the lead flight crew representative for crew safety and habitability equipment.
The crew performed three space walks and the initial activation and first ingress of the International Space Station preparing it for future assembly missions and full time occupation.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/currie.html   (703 words)

  
 The Dryden X-Press: People & Places: Brand named hall of famer 09/28/01
The mission was not only a political success and a building block to international relations, but it also validated docking systems that are used today on the International Space Station.
The space partnership's long-term value and impact is hard to know, but I hope it was useful in making the world a safer place and helped open the door for international cooperation.
For Brand, the Apollo-Soyuz mission was his first of four space missions and he took Russian language lessons in an attempt to get a leg up on his competition for selection to the mission.
www.dfrc.nasa.gov /Newsroom/X-Press/stories/092801/ppl_brand.html   (528 words)

  
 International Space Hall Of Fame, Alamogordo
Region: United States > New Mexico > Southeast > Alamogordo > New Mexico Museum of Space History
The International Space Hall of Fame at the Alamogordo Space Center features exhibits documenting the history of rocketry and space travel.
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by international laws.
www.planetware.com /alamogordo/international-space-hall-of-fame-us-nm-ishf.htm   (71 words)

  
 International Space Hall of Fame - Definition, explanation
The International Space Hall of Fame (aka the New Mexico Museum of Space History) sits on the western face of the Sacramento Mountain range of New Mexico in the United States.
The museum contains samples of booster rockets, nose cones, and an exhibit on the planets of the solar system, space flight, and a small display on the primates who were used in the early space flight experiments in the U.S. External link
A museum, International Space Hall of Fame, planetarium and IMAX dome theater complex.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/i/in/international_space_hall_of_fame.php   (252 words)

  
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Former Nazi removed from space hall of fame - Israel News, Ynetnews
A former Nazi scientist who was linked to experiments on prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany has been ousted from the International Space Hall of Fame.
Hubertus Strughold, who had been honored in 1978 for work in developing the spacesuit and space capsule and for his contributions to space medicine, was removed last week by unanimous vote of the New Mexico Museum of Space History's commission.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3252647,00.html   (88 words)

  
 SDAM - Welcome to the San Diego Air & Space Museum
Inventors, engineers, pilots, and industrialists who created and built airplanes, aircraft and spacecraft are represented within the Museum's International Aerospace Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame contains beautiful oil portraits of each honoree displayed with biographical information and artifacts related to their accomplishments.
Also included are those distinguished pioneers whose careers are directly associated with the rich aviation history of San Diego.
www.aerospacemuseum.org /exhibits/halloffame.html   (166 words)

  
 Ham, astrochimp. Roadside Pet Cemetery
After his space mission, Ham lived in the National Zoo in Washington, DC, for 17 years.
Ham's body was shipped west, and is buried in the front lawn of the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, NM, under the first slab of natural-tone concrete poured in Otero County.
The International Space Hall of Fame is at the upper parking lot.
www.roadsideamerica.com /pet/ham.html   (287 words)

  
 RE/MAX Awards | Covered by Real Estate Magazines and Newsletters
The International Film and Video Festival honored two RSN programs with its coveted Silver Screen Awards for "First Step Into Space: The Story of the Pre-Astronauts" and a profile of 2006 CMN Miracle Child Kayla Allain.
RE/MAX International Co-Founders Dave and Gail Liniger were inducted into the International Franchise Association's Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame honor is the oldest and most prestigious award conferred by the IFA.
www.remax.com /inside_remax/franchise_opportunities/what_others_are_saying.aspx   (1131 words)

  
 Kennedy Space Center Imax Theater – Magnificent Desolation : Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Imax Theater – Magnificent Desolation : Kennedy Space Center
“Space Station 3D” – Blasts off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth.
Narrated by Tom Cruise "SPACE STATION 3D" is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth.
www.kennedyspacecenter.com /visitKSC/imax.asp   (224 words)

  
 General Listings
The Hall of Fame and Sports Museum Industry is a much larger industry than most realize.
The geographical reach extends from national to international, from state and province to regional and colleges, universities and high schools.
Mascot Hall of Fame Philadelphia, PA Rugby League Hall of Fame
www.hofmag.com /content/section/41/224   (930 words)

  
 Strategic Air and Space Museum - Events   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first African American to fly in space will speak to Museum visitors about "Flying Aboard the International Space Station," March 3 at 11am.
He was selected to be one of the first class of Space Shuttle astronauts in 1978, chosen out of 10,000.
He logged over 688 hours in space upon his retirement from NASA in 1993 and was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1997.
www.strategicairandspace.com /events/events.html   (303 words)

  
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Set against the stark barrenness of a desolate countryside, this monument in the hills presents a startling image as we approached.
On both sides were mockups, models and test modules of the space industry.
I tried it and now the space industry is less one simulated shuttle.
www.rvtravelog.com /spacecenter.dir/spacecenter1.htm   (347 words)

  
 Nazi removed from Hall of Fame: Sci-Tech: News: News24
Alamogordo, New Mexico - A former Nazi scientist who was linked to experiments on prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany has been ousted from the International Space Hall of Fame.
Hubertus Strughold, who had been honoured in 1978 for work in developing the spacesuit and space capsule and for his contributions to space medicine, was removed last week by unanimous vote of the New Mexico Museum of Space History's commission.
The German-born scientist was brought to this country by the US military after World War 2 to work on aerospace projects.
www.news24.com /News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1935577,00.html   (255 words)

  
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Melissa, wearing a tee-shirt from the International Space Hall of Fame, turns to look out the window.
She is worried, shakes her head, and once again decides to ignore what she has seen out the window.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu /wax/japanese/4text/1/1a3a7a1.html   (152 words)

  
 Teacher Resources for Science and Technology in New Mexico: Space Exploration
This webpage is developed to assist educators and others with accessing information from the Internet in relation to New Mexico and its involvement with space science.
Part of the content is devoted to the history of, places of interest, lesson plan sites, and articles in relation to space science and space exploration.
International Space Hall of Fame: Sidney M. Gutierrez
education.nmsu.edu /classes/fall2004/edlt528/IST/space.html   (279 words)

  
 Regional Sport Launch
International Space Hall of Fame Open to tour (Registration ticket good for a discounted rate.)
International Space Hall of Fame Open to tour
This ticket also allows you to visit the International Space Hall of Fame at a discounted rate (open 9:00a.m.
www.zianet.com /mdsalamo/alamorocketry/RSL99.htm   (514 words)

  
 NBC Newschannel 6 Where News Comes First   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The New Mexico Museum of Space History's commission unanimously voted last week to remove Hubertus Strughold.
He had been inducted in 1978 for work in developing the spacesuit and space capsule, and contributions to space medicine.
A museum visitor noticed Strughold's name in the hall last fall and told the New Mexico Anti-Defamation League -- which then uncovered records on his past.
www.kpvi.com /index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=33551   (107 words)

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