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At 0530, 16 July 1945, in a remote section of the Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico, the first full scale test was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb. For the first time in history there was a nuclear explosion. And what an explosion! ... The test was successful beyond the most optimistic expectations of anyone. [150]
Museums in Alamogordo, New Mexico (3 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Alamogordo, New Mexico" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Alamogordo (/ ˌ æ l ə m ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d oʊ /) is the County seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States.A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by Holloman Air Force Base.
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio.
Location of Otero County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Jun. 23—Step inside the New Mexico Cancer Center to see the work of 17 blossoming artists. The center's Gallery with a Cause is showing 360 works by emerging artists, with 40% of each sale ...
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In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for shuttle pilot training. A second runway was added crossing the original north-south landing strip, and in 1979 both lakebed runways were lengthened to 35,000 ft (10,668 m), which includes 15,000 ft (4,572 m) usable runway with 10,000 ft (3048 m) extensions on either end, to allow White Sands Space Harbor to serve as shuttle backup landing ...