Space Shuttle Columbia

A few days ago I mentioned that the shuttle landed here once.

1982 while I was in high school.....  I got these great photos of it landing here from Marcie. 

It was some sight watching it land.  I feel lucky to have seen it the only time it did.  I heard they had heck getting all of the sand out of the parts afterwards.

Shuttle Water Tank

On the edge of Cruces, lies a water tank mural painted in memory of the astronauts that gave their lives for our space exploration.

Las Cruces is home to the new spaceport, and this memorial has special meaning to me as I watched the space shuttle land the one time it did land here in 1982.  It was out at White Sands, and it is still an alternate landing site today.