Space Race

February 26, 2025

Half Marathon, 10K, 5K Races

LAS CRUCES, N.M. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Spaceport America, in partnership with New Mexico-based TCR Productions, is set to host the inaugural Space Race on Sunday, April 27, 2025.

Occurring at the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, the Space Race will feature a trio of races including a 5K, 10K, and half-marathon (13.1 miles).

Participants in the 5K may choose to run or walk, while participants in the 10K and half-marathon must run the respective courses.

All interested participants and spectators may register at the link below which also includes course maps, start times, driving directions to Spaceport America, and required paperwork.

Space Race Registration | TCR Productions

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Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket-friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot by 200-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and about 340 days of sunshine and low humidity.

Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are tenants at Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic,  HAPSMobile/ AeroVironment,  UP Aerospace,  SpinLaunch, and Prismatic Ltd., a subsidiary of BAE Systems.

Founded in 1984, TCR Productions is an event production and timing company specializing in the planning, packaging, management, timing and execution of endurance sports events. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico TCR is the leading participant sporting production company in the Southwest. TCR provides state-of-the-art technologies to produce and time events for running, biking, challenge, multi-sport, swimming, cross country, skiing and endurance events.