Spaceport America - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Martha G.

My son, myself, and some close friends visited Spaceport America 🚀 located outside of Truth or Consequences, NM on Sunday, Sept 8th, for their Open House fair.

Spaceport America is the World's first purpose-built-Spaceport. The gateway to Space 🚀 is an FAA-licensed launch complex. Situated on 18,000 acres of State Trust land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin , located adjacent to the US Army White Sands missile range.

The Open House fair was set up on the grounds outside, and the entrance was free to the public, which was great!
We really enjoyed ourselves. There some aircraft parked on the grounds, including Air and Marine Operations - US Customs and Protection, Civil Air patrol, and different Spaceport fire engines and medic, we were allowed to climb inside to view the aircraft and vehicles, with all their components and take pictures.

Personal were very nice, knowledgeable, and friendly. They were there to give us information, answer questions, and explain what each aircraft is used for. There were many booths, including informational, hands-on, sales, food, and interactive for both children and adults.

This was our first time visiting Spaceport. It was a fun and awesome experience. We will be back and next time we will pay for the tour, because there is a lot more to see inside. I would recommend anyone of any age to come see this spectacular place. if you are in the area or planning a trip to New Mexico, stop by to visit Spaceport. 😊🚀💖

Roberta A.

We went for their open house. It was fun. I wished they would have allowed us inside the building. Looking at a buildings exterior is underwhelming. But in general it was a nice experience.

Pam L.

This looks like a cool place but unfortunately you cannot visit. It is closed to the public. You can purchase a tour in Truth or Consequences & ride out on a tour bus.

Eli M.

Firsts things first. I need to give a good word for the staff up at the spaceport. The firefighters were awesome with the students. All the staff were very professional and interactive with the students. The experience was great and very well explained with the science experiments performed. Along with the samples and videos shown, everything was handled very professionally.

Elizabeth F.

I was privileged to get a tour. They have some very cool projects going on with Virgin Galactic being the primary tenant. It's set off in the middle of the desert, but as they are sending rockets off their kinds to be expected, their location is linked to their high launch rates. Such friendly staff who conducted our site tour was on site staff. There is a tour guide company that offers tours, Final Frontier Tours, I believe is their name if you are interested in touring the site for yourself.

DA L. A.

The route to the site was lengthy. The New Mexico terrain is majestic and makes the travel enjoyable. They do have tours and need to speak to site Program folks to schedule. A verticle launch site is close by.

Ben H.

First of all this place isn't open to the public but I booked a reservation for a tour and it was totally worth it! The tour guides were great (Curtis and his colleague) and we were able to take a ton of pictures and see a lot of things on site. It feels so futuristic and yet surreal thinking about all the possibilities for the future of commercial space flight. We were given a tour of the main facility, the "terminal", astronaut walk, and the fire station. We even got to speed to almost 100 mph on the runway. The space G force interactive simulator was really neat too. The drive was a bit long but it was worth every dollar. If you're in the area be sure to book a reservation for the tour. Mine was out of Truth or Consequences so after the tour it was great because I got to walk down the street and celebrate my "venture to the edge of future space flight" with a delicious beer flight! Don't forget to talk to the local town historian John at the visitor center there in ToC, he's a nice guy with incredible knowledge and some great recommendations.

JW H.

We loved it!! Went to the open house and saw the spaceport. Amazing!