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New Mexico Museum of Space History IMAX® Dome Theater

bigImage The Clyde W. Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater
Top of New Mexico Highway 2001
Alamogordo, NM 88311-5430 USA
(575) 437-2840

     

Now Playing

Molecules to the MAX!
11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 5:00pm

Sharks 3D
Daily: 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM.

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Upcoming Films

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Opens January 1st 2010

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Theater Stats

  • Theater Supplier: IMAX®
  • Type of Operator: Non-Profit Air & Space Museum
  • Year Opened: 1980
  • Number of Seats: 92
  • Screen Type: Dome, tilted
  • Screen Format: 1570
  • Theater Features: Planetarium Star Field Projector; DTS digital sound playback

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Theater Description:

The New Mexico Museum of Space History is located in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is a complex consisting of a space museum, Planetarium, IMAX® dome theater, and an International Space Hall of Fame.

Built in 1980, this 40-foot diameter tilted dome theater and planetarium is named after the discoverer of the planet Pluto. The planetarium houses a Spitz 512 projector, which can project 2,400 stars, the five visible planets, the sun and moon. An IMAX® Dome projection system, which uses 70mm film, projects the movie and sound all around you. Each 30 minute reel of film weighs in excess of 200 pounds.