Alamogordo
The Rocket City
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Other Name: -, District: New Mexico, State: South West, United States of America
Area: 19.4 sq mi
Languages Spoken: English
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Alamogordo is a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America.The attraction include New Mexico Museum of Space History is a state museum housing artifacts related to space flight. It incorporates the International Space Hall of Fame,Alamogordo Museum of History etc.Location
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Alameda Park Zoo in Almagordo was established in 1898, making it the oldest zoo in the southwest. The zoo is home to about 300 animals of 90 different species that span 7 acres of natural habitat.
The Museum of Space History, northeast of Alamogordo, has a number of displays (including missiles and space capsules) illustrating the development of space flight.The museum focuses on development of space flight and on New Mexico`s pivotal role in man`s quest for space.
The White Sands National Monument is half an hour''s drive southwest of Alamogordo in the south of New Mexico. It lies in the Tularosa basin, a northern offshoot of the Chihuahua Desert surrounded by hills. Here gleaming white gypsum sand has built up into an extraordinary landscape of dunes up to 60ft/18m high which are constantly being displaced by the wind.