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Two crashes in two weeks: In 1947, rockets launched from White Sands landed in Alamogordo, Juárez
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeventy-five years ago, White Sands Proving Ground flirted with disaster when two German V-2...
Visitors tour New Mexico atomic site in likely record attendance fueled by 'Oppenheimer' fanfare
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThousands of visitors are expected at the Trinity Site, a designated National Historic Landmark...
First atom bomb test: 'It was just like the sun had come up and suddenly gone down again'
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe motion picture "Oppenheimer" is the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his...
How the real Trinity test was filmed and photographed, and where to watch it
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis color photograph of the test was taken by Jack Aeby. On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 am, the first...
Space to Roam in Alamogordo, N.M.
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on My Grand Canyon Alamogordo is known for its proximity to White Sands National Park where more than 275 square miles...
Site for the first atomic blast opens for one day in October – here’s how to go
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt’s one thing standing in line to watch the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.” It’s another thing...
Oppenheimer's test site wasn't remote. It was populated by Hispanos and Native Americans
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months ago(Elana Marie / For De Los) In the course of a single afternoon in 2017, the whole of Paul Pino’s...
US Army warns of large crowds at nuclear Trinity Site in NM due to 'Oppenheimer'
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFans of "Oppenheimer" may find it difficult to visit the Trinity Site, the location of the world's...
Move aside sharks, a 'snow-nado' once popped up in New Mexico
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Army Cancels Planned Public Visits to Trinity Bomb Site in April. You Can Blame 'Oppenheimer.'
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Army has canceled the April 6 open house for the public to visit the New Mexico site of the...