Beyond the desert skies: 5 interesting facts about spaceport America
Jul. 29—Located just west of White Sands Missile Range in Sierra County, roughly 30 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences, Spaceport America is the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
The spaceport has already had more than 300 launches, according to its website. Every year the company hosts several vertical rocket launches, high altitude balloon missions, other aerospace missions and hosts the world's largest rocket competition, the Spaceport America Cup, which had almost 6,000 participating rocketeers from all over the world earlier this year.
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