Trinity Site First Atomic Nuclear Bomb Manhattan Project White Sands Missile Base New Mexico U.S.A
A well worth trip to the first Atomic Bomb test site in New Mexico, at White Sands Missile Base. The Site is open the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October each year. I was surprise at the number of people at the site, as well as the jolly atmosphere. From a history perspective, it is amazing. The Manhatttan project was a amazing accomplishment for the Mid 20th Century.
Nuclear power and medicine has been very positive for the world, yet these weapons are truly scary. Seeing it on T.V is no like coming to see history.
Group: Nuclear bomb test affected NM residents
Nearly 70 years ago, the first atomic bomb detonated in southern New Mexico at what’s now known as the Trinity Site. Subscribe to KOAT on YouTube now for more:
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TimeLapse - Albuquerque NM to Trinity Site to White Sands National Monument (And Back!)
First full day with my third guest of the trip. We spent the day (April 4th 2015) driving around New Mexico, first visiting the Trinity Site, where the atomic bomb was tested, which is only open twice a year to visitors. Then we continue driving to White Sands National Monument and tobogganed down the sand dunes! Overall great day!!!
Trinity Tower replica set for unveiling in Albuquerque
The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History will have a replica of the Trinity Tower which was used in the detonation of the first atomic bomb. - Source:
Trinity Site, NM; Welcome to America Adventure Episode 01-09
Explore America through the lens of Roger Johnson. This episode Roger visits the Trinity Site in New Mexico, only open 2 days a year, along with the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque.
New Mexico: Alamogordo
Alamogordo is 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. The population was 30,403 as of the 2010 census. Alamogordo is known for its connection with the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic bomb.
Humans have lived in the Alamogordo area for at least 11,000 years. The present settlement, established in 1898 to support the construction of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, is an early example of a planned community. The city was incorporated in 1912. Tourism became an important economic factor with the creation of White Sands National Monument in 1934. During the 1950-60s, Alamogordo was an unofficial center for research on pilot safety and the developing United States' space program.
Alamogordo is a charter city with a council-manager form of government. City government provides a large number of recreational and leisure facilities for its citizens, including a large park in the center of the city, many smaller parks scattered through the city, a golf course, Alameda Park Zoo, a network of walking paths, Alamogordo Public Library, and a senior citizens' center. Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center is a nonprofit shared military/civilian facility that is also the hospital for Holloman.
Trinity Blast
A Blast that helped win world war two- happened right here in New Mexico, at the trinity site. But when that atomic explosion went off, a lot of people were just miles away, possibly soaking in radiation. Subscribe to KOAT on YouTube now for more:
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Erecting Trinity Test Tower Replica at National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (Full Version)
This video features Jim Walther, director of the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History; Clay Perkins, historian and philanthropist; and David Vana, owner of Fire Tower Restoration. They discuss how the idea to erect a replica of the Trinity Test tower at the Museum came about, and how the project progressed. The video also includes a time lapse showing the tower being built at the museum and the ceremony dedicating the tower. Video courtesy of Clay Perkins.
Erecting Trinity Test Tower Replica at National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (Short Version)
This video features Jim Walther, director of the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History; Clay Perkins, historian and philanthropist; and David Vana, owner of Fire Tower Restoration. They discuss how the idea to erect a replica of the Trinity Test tower at the Museum came about, and how the project progressed. The video also includes a time lapse showing the tower being built at the museum. Video courtesy of Clay Perkins.
Trinity Site Tour was a Blast! (in HD)
Twice a year the Trinity Site, the place where the first atomic bomb was detonated, opens its gates to the public. Although other videos we have seen made it appear to be rather boring, we were pleasantly surprised and intrigued! We hope you will be too. This location is a magnificent representation of iconic and... SEE MORE
White Sands Missile Range Museum | Missile Park Museum in New Mexico, United States
White Sands Missile Range Museum | Missile Park Museum in New Mexico, United States
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army rocket range of almost 3,200 sq mi (8,300 km2) in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military [not in citation given] installation in the United States, WSMR and the 600,000-acre (2,400 km2) McGregor Range Complex at Fort Bliss to the south (southeast Tularosa Basin and on Otero Mesa are contiguous areas for military testing.
White Sands Proving Grounds was established in July 1945. It combined the existing ORDCIT Firing Ranges, the Alamogordo Bombing Range, and large tracts of both private and public lands. Even today, the range is speckled with the abandoned ranch houses and windmills of a bygone era. There are also several old abandoned silver and gold mines near the Gap Site of the Sierra Oscura.
White Sands Proving Grounds was later renamed to White Sands Missile Range, or WSMR (pronounced Whiz-Mer by nearby residents). The range occupies a somewhat rectangular strip of land, some 40 miles wide (east-west) and 100 miles long (north-south). It is the largest military installation in the United States. This strip of New Mexico desert has been in use since the 40's to test practically every weapon system in the U.S. military arsenal. Pioneering research in rocket technology shortly after World War II at WSMR helped propel the U.S. into space. Because of this, WSMR is sometimes known as the Birthplace of the Race to Space.
The White Sands Missile Park covers a full acre with dozens of rockets and missiles, most of them pointed skyward as if ready for blast-off. There are target drones and supersonic anti-aircraft interceptors, tactical battlefield bombs and nuclear city-blasters. The mobile Scud Buster Patriot missile launcher has stenciled on its side, If It Flies, It Dies. Oddities abound, such as the World War II Lark, a kamikaze-killer; and the Loon, America's version of the Nazi V-1. There's a flying saucer test vehicle used by NASA to practice soft landings on Mars, and a Fat Man H-bomb.
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Replica of Trinity Tower unveiled at Nuclear Science Museum amid protests
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Museum of Nuclear Science & Standing of the corner in Winslow AZ: Route 66 Road Trip
Driving route 66 first stop on today's road trip, Museum of Nuclear Science in Albuquerque NM, then the Wigwam Village Motel in Holbrook AZ. The last stop Standing on the Corner in Winslow AZ. Driving Route 66.
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Tour of the New Mexico Museum of Space History
Marty Kelsey, host of the Museum's program STEM in 30, gets a behind-the-scenes tour of the New Mexico Museum of Space History.
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1. They were once invaded by the United States. President James Polk felt California, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona should be part of his territory. Polk was initially nice about it, offering to buy the land, but when he was rejected, he ordered military forces to seize it by force in 1846. By 1848, Mexico had lost those states, which amounted to half of its property, to Polk’s aggression.
2. It isn’t really named after Mexico. New Mexico was coined in 1563 by Don Francisco de Ibarra, a governor of a Mexican province who thought the Indian people he saw in the territory reminded him of Aztecs—a discovery he later messaged as a kind of “new Mexico.” Mexico didn’t become known as Mexico until it dropped the New Spain label in 1821.
3. People weren’t really sure what happened on July 16, 1945, the day the government detonated the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos: they were told it was an ammunitions explosion. While the engineering feat was later celebrated, some believe the resulting radiation caused health problems for nearby residents. On July 16, 1945, the very first atomic bomb was detonated in the desert sands of the Jornada del Muerto in south-central New Mexico. Known by its code name, Trinity, it was of the same design as the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, a few weeks later. The Trinity Site is located on the White Sands Missile Range and is now a National Historic Site.
4. In 1947, a local found debris from an unidentified craft 75 miles outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Military personnel quickly retrieved it and told media it was a collapsed weather balloon; a skeptical public believed otherwise. The town has since become a popular tourist attraction.
5. It’s home to something that resembles another world. The White Sands National Monument sports over 275 square miles of white gypsum sand, which makes it resemble a kind of albino desert landscape. Because there’s hardly any source of water, native animals like the kangaroo rat have evolved to get their hydration from food sources like seeds.
6. Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft in Albuquerque in 1976. The company moved to Washington in 1979.
7. The city of Santa Fe, founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, is the oldest city in the state and the oldest state capital city in the United States. Santa Fe (meaning holy faith in Spanish) had a population of 69,204 in 2012. The city's full name as founded remains La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís (The Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi).
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Living Here - WSMR Missile Park Museum
Living Here visits the White Sands Missile Range Missile Park for a stroll through the history of America's nuclear and space program. See examples of rockets and missiles and space technology tested at White Sands.
For Your Information: Trinity Tower Debuts at Nuclear Science Museum
For Your Information: Trinity Tower Debuts at Nuclear Science Museum
White Sands Missile Range New Mexico Part 2
White Sands Missile Range Missile Park
Established in 1945, White Sands Missile Range is America's largest overland military test range. At White Sands the world entered the Atomic Age when the first atomic bomb was tested at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. In 1949, the world entered the Space Age from White Sands Missile Range, when Bumper, an early two-stage rocket (V-2/WAC Corporal) roared beyond the earth's atmosphere. In 1950, Bumper went on to become the first missile launched from Cape Canaveral.
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National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Part 1
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Part 2
Old Town Albuquerque
San Felipe De Neri Church
Los Alamos Historical Museum
Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos
Tour Inside White Sands Missile Range Museum
Tour Outside White Sands Missile Range Museum
VIsit White Sands Monument
Palace of the Governors
Toy Train Alamogordo
Santa Fe NM
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White Sands Missile Range New Mexico Part 1
White Sands Missile Range Inside Museum
Established in 1945, White Sands Missile Range is America's largest overland military test range. At White Sands the world entered the Atomic Age when the first atomic bomb was tested at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. In 1949, the world entered the Space Age from White Sands Missile Range, when Bumper, an early two-stage rocket (V-2/WAC Corporal) roared beyond the earth's atmosphere. In 1950, Bumper went on to become the first missile launched from Cape Canaveral.
This is a two part video series:
Part 2 -- White Sands Missile Range - Missile Park can be seen at:
For more videos of the local area
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Part 1
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Part 2
Old Town Albuquerque
San Felipe De Neri Church
Los Alamos Historical Museum
Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos
Tour Inside White Sands Missile Range Museum
Tour Outside White Sands Missile Range Museum
VIsit White Sands Monument
Palace of the Governors
Toy Train Alamogordo
Santa Fe NM
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Visiting National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Museum in the Bernalillo County, New Mexico
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, and located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
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