NMDCA News:Celebrate Astro-Chimp HAM and his contribution to America’s space program at New Mexico Museum of Space History on Science Saturday to commemorate HAM’s launch 157 miles into space on Jan. 31, 1961, paving the way for the US Space program. The New Horizons Dome Theater & Planetarium at New Mexico Museum of Space History, 3198 State Route 2001, Alamogordo, NM. Science Saturday and HAM Day are included with museum admission. Everyone’s invited, after a short, kid-friendly overview of great apes and early space medicine, museum educators will lead hands-on, great-ape-themed crafts designed for students in grades 2–7. There will also be “ham and cheese wheels” to eat, and a homemade costume contest that will be judged by staff.