ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – April 12 is the Worldwide Day of Human Area Flight. Superstar Historian Raffi Andonian speaks on New Mexico’s connections with area exploration and encounters.
Andonian says White Sands, in New Mexico, contributed to the Apollo moon missions with testing that was accomplished there. Within the 1930’s Robert Goddard performed rocket testing in New Mexico. Even the primary business flight to area got here from Spaceport America in New Mexico. In fact the Roswell crash is one thing New Mexico is legendary for. New Mexico has a protracted historical past of being linked to area.
