White Sands Missile Range Museum Park Tour In HDR
I went to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to visit the WSMR Missile Museum and Missile Park. I got a lot of interesting high dynamic range photos and wanted to share them with everyone. This tour is not comprehensive, but covers some of my favorite displays. As of right now, here is the park inventory according to their database:
Aerobee 170
Aerobee Hi
Airplane VC-6A
Army TACMS
Athena
BQM-34A Drone
Cinetheodolite
Copperhead
Corporal
Crossbow
Dart
DOVAP Antenna
Falcon
Genie
Hawk
HIBEX
HIMARS Mockup
Honest John
Hound Dog
Huey Helicopter UH-1M
IGOR Camera
Lacrosse
Lance
Lark
Little John
Loki
Loon
Matador-Mace
Missile A
MLRS
MQM-107D Drone
MQM-61A Drone
MK 5 Guided Missile Launcher
MK 39 5 Inch Gun
Nike Ajax
Nike Hercules
Nike Zeus
Patriot
Pepp Aeroshell
Pershing I
Pershing II
Pogo Hi
QH-50A Drone
Redstone
SAGMI
Sergeant
Shavetail
Shillelagh
Sidewinder
SRAM
SS-11
Talos
Roland
RP-76
Tartar
Terrier
TOW
V-2
XM-198 Howitzer
XM-21
XQ-4 Drone
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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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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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White Sands Missile Range Museum, New Mexico, USA
Die „White Sands Missile Range“. Trinity Site, Geburtsort der Atombombe.
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Weiter geht´s nach Arizona. Unser Ziel: Sierra Vista.
Haaaaaalt! Nicht so schnell. Was sehen meine Augen am rechten Straßenrand?
Na klar. In White Sands ist doch auch die „White Sands Missile Range“. Eine ganz bekannte, wenn nicht sogar DIE bekannteste Raketentest-Anlage der USA. Hier wurden im 2. Weltkrieg sogar Atombombentests durchgeführt. Ziemlich unvorstellbar, dass man sowas damals im eigenen Land gemacht hat. Das zeigt die Unwissenheit, die damals über die unvorstellbaren und grauenhaften Auswirkungen eine Atomexplosion herrschte. Um die Auswirkungen auf Soldaten zu testen wurden sogar tatsächlich eigene Soldaten im Testgebiet eingesetzt, um die Auswirkungen direkt untersuchen zu können. Eine ziemlich perverse Vorstellung. Ich es glaube es erübrigt sich zu sagen, dass ein Großteil der Soldaten den Strahlentod fanden oder später an Krebs starben…
Kurzerhand entschließen wir uns abzubiegen und uns das Museum anzuschauen. Vom Hörensagen soll es sehr interessant sein.
Auf dem Weg zur Kaserne erwischen wir gerade noch den Sonnenuntergang hinter den Bergen.
Zu unserem Erstaunen liegt das Museum innerhalb der Kaserne und man benötigt eine Zutrittsberechtigung. Also versuchen wir es mal mit meinem Reservistenausweis…
Der Wachposten prüft meine Reservisten-Ausweis, unsere Reisepässe und die Visas und schon öffnet sich die Schranke und wir können passieren.
Hier befinden sich Raketen & Raketenstystem aus allen Teilstreitkräften. Sowohl Heer, Marine und Luftwaffe ist hier vertreten. Sämtliche Exponate sind Originale, welche zum Teil hervorragend restauriert wurden. Selbst die teilweise makabren Sprüche wurden originalgetrau wiederhergestellt.
Und was wir hier auf dem folgenden Bild sehen ist die vermutlich grauenhafteste Waffe, welche jemals in einem Krieg eingesetzt wurde und den größten direkten und indirekten Schaden anrichtete. Es ist ein Nachbau der originalen „Fat Man“ (Dicker Mann), welche am 09. August 1945 Über Japan auf Nagasaki abgeworfen wurde. Nachdem am 06. August 1945, also nur 3 Tage zuvor der „Little Boy“ (kleiner Junge) über Hiroshima, Japan, abgeworfen wurde. Fat Man war die zweite und zum Glück letzte Atombombe, die jemals in einem Krieg eingesetzt wurde. Die verheerenden Ausmaße sind vermutlich uns allen bekannt.
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Wir beiden waren sehr über die Größe der Bombe überrascht. Ich hatte sie mir ehrlich gesagt größer vorgestellt. Sie war „nur“ 3,25m lang, hatte einen Durchmesser von 1,52m und wog knapp 4.900Kg.
Es ist schon ein sehr komisches Gefühl neben diesem Monster zu stehen. Sicherlich sind auch die anderen Raketen keine Spielzeuge, aber diese lässt in mir richtig seltsame Gefühle hochkommen.
Auf den nächsten Bildern sieht man einen Querschnitt der verschiedenen Waffensystem, welche hier ausgestellt sind.
Und auf einmal kommt alles zum Stillstand, denn die Lautsprecher werden aufgedreht.
Und jetzt ist auch für uns Zapfenstreich, denn es wird schlagartig dunkel. Jetzt aber los. Sierra Vista wir kommen!
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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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Those who are fascinated by missiles and rockets will find this podcast just the ticket to learn more about the Missile Park and Museum at White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The park houses many rockets and missiles that have played a role in our country's military and scientific history. The museum displays a German V2 rocket along with artifacts explaining the White Sands Missile Range area's history from the Native Americans to current time.
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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.
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Part 2 -- White Sands Missile Range - Missile Park can be seen at:
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National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Part 1
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Old Town Albuquerque
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Los Alamos Historical Museum
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Santa Fe NM
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White Sands, New Mexico - Home to seemingly endless giant sand dunes out in the middle of nowhere. This place is worth a short stop or even full a weekend stay. Don't forget the bring your plastic saucer sleds for some dune sledding fun. Also, it's impossible to take a bad picture here as every angle has something beautiful to see. My next stop here, I want to watch the sunset! I'm sure the colors reflecting off the white sand would be incredible.
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Lots of missile launches and period technology. White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area of almost 3,200 sq mi (8,300 km2) in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military 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[8]) are contiguous areas for military testing.[9]On 9 July 1945, the White Sands Proving Ground was established for testing German and American long range rockets. Just seven days later, the first atomic bomb test, code named Trinity was exploded at Trinity Site, near the north boundary of the range.[10](From Wikipedia).
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National Historic Landmarks[edit]
Designated historic sites on WSMR land include:
Trinity Site: Selected in November 1944 for the Trinity nuclear test conducted on 16 July 1945[11] (National Historic Landmark district on 21 December 1965,[12][13] NRHP on 15 October 1966).[14]
White Sands V-2 Launching Site: A V-2 static test firing was 15 March 1946, and the first US V-2 launch was 16 April 1946 (landmark designation 3 October 1985).[15][16]
Current operations[edit]
The White Sands Test Center headquartered at the WSMR Post Area has branches for Manned Tactical Systems & Electromagnetic Radiation and conducts missile testing and range recovery operations.[17] Other operations on WSMR land include:
The Launch Abort Flight Test Complex for the Orion Project
White Sands Launch Complex 37, built for Nike Hercules tests
White Sands Launch Complex 38, built for Nike Zeus tests with Launch Control Building now used for Patriot missile firings
WSMR Main Post, which includes several smaller areas such as the housing area, golf course, Navy Area, and Technical Area[18] (a recreational shooting range just inside the El Paso gate on the south is outside of the Post Area.)
WSMR Museum tours and exhibits, which include V-2 rocket #FZ04/20919 returned in May 2004 after restoration.
White Sands Hall of Fame, which inducts members such as the first range commander (1945 - 1947), Col. Harold Turner, in 1980.[19]
1972 DoD Centers for Countermeasures (CCM), which evaluate precision guided munitions and other devices in electronic counter- and counter-countermeasures environments.[20]
1963 NASA White Sands Test Facility's ground station for Tracking and Data Relay Satellites and the SDO ground station with 2 18 m (59 ft) antennas.
The North Oscura Peak facility of the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate
Chronology[edit]
1930: Robert Goddard began rocket testing in New Mexico.
1941-04-13: US World War II preparations established[11] the Army Air Base, Alamogordo:[21] 1942 Biggs Army Airfield construction began near El Paso (1947 Biggs AFB, 1973 Biggs AAF)--the region's nearby Deming AAF (14 Dec 1946), Ft Sumner AAF (6 Mar), and South Aux Fid #1 (4 Apr) transferred to Army Div Engrs in 1946.[22]
1940s: When the range was formed, ranchers' land was leased and, in the 1970s, taken permanently to expand the area available for testing.[23]
USAAF ranges[edit]
1941-12: Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range established near the West Texas Bombardier Triangle.
1941-12: Executive Order No. 9029[2][verification needed] canceled grazing leases on the newly established Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range.
1942-07: Goddard's rocket research group moved from Roswell, New Mexico, to Annapolis, Maryland.
1944-02: War Department and the Corps of Engineers' Ordnance Department teams looked for a US missile test site.[24]
1945-07-13: McDonald Ranch House, Manhattan Project location for the final assembly of the prototype Fat Man plutonium bomb.
1945-07-16: Trinity test of the plutonium bomb, the first nuclear weapon tested in the world.
White Sands Proving Ground[edit]
For additional events (e.g., USAF launches) at sites not on WSPG but that later became part of WSMR, see Air Force Missile Development Center.
1945-02-20: The Secretary of War approved establishment of WSPG.[25]:246[24]
1945-04-01: The first Private F launch[26] was at WSPG. (Not Fort Bliss's Antiaircraft and Guided Missile Center, which was established 6 July 1946.)[27]
1945-06-25: WSPG construction began with drilling of water wells.[11]
1945-07: First of 300 railroad cars of German V-2 components began to arrive at Las Cruces, New Mexico.[25]:246
1945-09: The blockhouse at Army Launch Area 1 (later Launch Complex 33) was completed.[11]
1945-09-16: First WAC Corporal test firing.[25]:253
1945-11: GE contractors began to identify, sort, and reassemble V-2 components in Building 1538 (Assembly Building 1).
1946: 35 of the Operation Paperclip scientists from Germany were working at WSPG.[28]
1946-05-26: The 4th U.S. V-2 launch was tracked by two[where?] AN/MPQ-2 stations.[29]
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