Spaceport America on County Road A021 in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin, 20 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences and 45 miles north of Las Cruces. Courtesy photo

Spaceport America News:

LAS CRUCES – Spaceport America is hosting a free open house event, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21, during the Las Cruces Space Festival. 
 
Attendees of all ages are welcome to visit the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport to learn about the site, its tenants, and its operations.
 
Vendors (food and non-food), static aircraft displays, exhibitors, STEM-related activities, and guest presenters, including NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, longtime NASA employee Michelle Lucas, New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, former Johnson Space Center Flight Director Ginger Kerrick, and Virgin Galactic pilot Jameel Janjua, will be on hand for the open house.
 
To learn more about Spaceport America’s 2025 open house and to register as an attendee, vendor, or exhibitor, click here.

About Spaceport America

Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket-friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot by 200-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and about 340 days of sunshine and low humidity. Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are tenants at Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic, HAPSMobile/ AeroVironment, UP Aerospace, Prismatic Ltd., Swift Engineering, Isotropic, ISC/Sirius Technologies, and SpinLaunch. Additional customers Spaceport America partners with include the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, Venus Aerospace, and Precision AI.