April 1 First Friday @ 7 p.m.

Loretta Hall presents: New Mexico is a Treasure Trove of Space History
 From Anasazi star watchers forecasting seasonal changes for agriculture planning through the development of manned spaceflight and into the new era of commercial space industries, New Mexico has been a major contributor to understanding and exploring the universe.  

This illustrated presentation will provide an overview of an aspect of our state's history that is not well known but has been  important to New Mexico's economy and the United States' technological progress for eighty-five years.

Loretta Hall is an Albuquerque-based freelance writer specializing in science and engineering topics.  She is the author of six nonfiction books.  The most recent one, Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words, consists of annotated excerpts from oral history interviews of ninety men and women who were involved in various national and international space programs from 1945 through the space shuttle era.  It was named "Best Book" in the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards and received a Silver Award in the Science category of the 2014 IndieFab Book of the Year Awards.  Hall's 2011, Out of this World: New Mexico's  Contributions to Space Travel, is a history of New Mexico researchers' crucial contributions (including those of high-altitude balloonists) to NASA's manned space programs and to the emerging commercial space industry.  It won six regional and national awards. 

Hall is a member of the Historical Society of New Mexico, the National Space Society, and New Mexico Press Women. 
 
 This program at the Capitan Public Library is brought to the public by the Historical Society of New Mexico.

Hall's books will be available for purchase and autographs.  Refreshments served after the presentation.



 

Also by Loretta Hall: The Complete Space Buff's Bucket List: 100 Space Things to Do before You Die