Las Cruces/Dona Ana County

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Camp, developed by MIT, features hands-on computer-based activities on AI concepts, ethical issues in AI, creative expression using AI, and how AI relates to campers’ future. Campers will learn to recognize the AI you interact with daily, train and use machine learning to make predictions, investigate bias in machine learning applications, create novel works of art using AI

Provide curriculum and field trips for K-12

The mission of the CREW program is to develop a diverse pool of classified-ready professionals with the necessary technical, professional, and interpersonal skills required to pursue successful careers in support of national security.

Makerspace that connects people with the tools, training, and community to make practically anything--and that uses the tools and skill sets gathered at the makerspace to launch interdisciplinary charitable projects. Tools and space include 3D printers, CAD manufacturing tools such as CNC and laser, wood shop, bicycle shop, textile lab, audio-visual lab, electronics lab, kids room, and more.

Explore exciting concepts in aeronautics and aerospace engineering. Study how flight works by getting hands-on building, testing, and redesigning gliders, darts, and rockets. Think critically and creatively about where this industry could go as you take on engineering design challenges and explore aeronautics, aviation, and aerospace careers.

Do you like games and media, or do you know someone who does? Become a Games Lab consultant during one of our Think Tank Sessions. Attendees will play and evaluate various games and other interactive experiences like VR. Consultants will learn how to create games, engage in hands-on design activities, and provide feedback to games under development, interacting with professional developers, programmers, and artists.

Want to be a rocket scientist? Or just know what they do? New Mexico Rocketeer Academy has something for the young astronaut in each of us, whether it’s week-long summer camps or education programs held here at the museum or in your class. 7+

week-long immersive space exploration experience for middle school students. Campers will explore virtual reality demos, build their own spacecraft, conduct a human space exploration mission, travel across the vast expanses of space, and explore a new planet while they collaborate, communicate, problem-solve and work as a team.

Over 1,700 students and faculty will gather in Southern New Mexico for the annual Spaceport America Cup. Drawn by the opportunity to collaborate and compete at a world-class spaceport facility, they represent the best and brightest from more than 150 institutions located all across the world.

Site visits to Spaceport America give students from around the state of New Mexico the opportunity to learn more about the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, its tenants, and more.