Author: Darren Court
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738558783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Since the official flag raising on July 9, 1945, the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) has become an integral part of global defense for the United States. A mere week after formation, Project Trinity tested the first atomic bomb at an isolated site, which was 100 miles north on what was then part of the Alamogordo Bombing Range--a test site for B-17 pilots. Back at White Sands Proving Ground, as it was then named, personnel were unaware of the massive new weapon tested to their north. Instead their focus was upon the arrival of what would be 300 railroad cars of captured German V-2 rockets and associated equipment. Later that year, over 100 captured German scientists, among them Werner von Braun, would arrive at White Sands to assist in V-2 technology, launching America's race to space; tens of thousands of rockets and missiles have since been fired on the range. Thousands of family members also lived and worked at the range, and their stories can be found inside as well.
White Sands Missile Range
Author: Darren Court
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738558783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Since the official flag raising on July 9, 1945, the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) has become an integral part of global defense for the United States. A mere week after formation, Project Trinity tested the first atomic bomb at an isolated site, which was 100 miles north on what was then part of the Alamogordo Bombing Range--a test site for B-17 pilots. Back at White Sands Proving Ground, as it was then named, personnel were unaware of the massive new weapon tested to their north. Instead their focus was upon the arrival of what would be 300 railroad cars of captured German V-2 rockets and associated equipment. Later that year, over 100 captured German scientists, among them Werner von Braun, would arrive at White Sands to assist in V-2 technology, launching America's race to space; tens of thousands of rockets and missiles have since been fired on the range. Thousands of family members also lived and worked at the range, and their stories can be found inside as well.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738558783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Since the official flag raising on July 9, 1945, the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) has become an integral part of global defense for the United States. A mere week after formation, Project Trinity tested the first atomic bomb at an isolated site, which was 100 miles north on what was then part of the Alamogordo Bombing Range--a test site for B-17 pilots. Back at White Sands Proving Ground, as it was then named, personnel were unaware of the massive new weapon tested to their north. Instead their focus was upon the arrival of what would be 300 railroad cars of captured German V-2 rockets and associated equipment. Later that year, over 100 captured German scientists, among them Werner von Braun, would arrive at White Sands to assist in V-2 technology, launching America's race to space; tens of thousands of rockets and missiles have since been fired on the range. Thousands of family members also lived and worked at the range, and their stories can be found inside as well.
White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Bliss (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Bliss (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
White Sands Missile Range, "Birthplace of America's Missile and Space Activity."
Author: White Sands Missile Range (N.M.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guided missiles
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guided missiles
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Range Wars
Author: Ryan H. Edgington
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803255624
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Established in south-central New Mexico at the end of World War II, White Sands Missile Range is the largest overland military reserve in the western hemisphere. It was the site of the first nuclear explosion, the birthplace of the American space program, and the primary site for testing U.S. missile capabilities. In this environmental history of White Sands Missile Range, Ryan H. Edgington traces the uneasy relationships between the military, the federal government, local ranchers, environmentalists, state game and fish personnel, biologists and ecologists, state and federal political figures, hunters, and tourists after World War II—as they all struggled to define and productively use the militarized western landscape. Environmentalists, ranchers, tourists, and other groups joined together to transform the meaning and uses of this region, challenging the authority of the national security state to dictate the environmental and cultural value of a rural American landscape. As a result, White Sands became a locus of competing geographies informed not only by the far-reaching intellectual, economic, and environmental changes wrought by the cold war but also by regional history, culture, and traditions.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803255624
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Established in south-central New Mexico at the end of World War II, White Sands Missile Range is the largest overland military reserve in the western hemisphere. It was the site of the first nuclear explosion, the birthplace of the American space program, and the primary site for testing U.S. missile capabilities. In this environmental history of White Sands Missile Range, Ryan H. Edgington traces the uneasy relationships between the military, the federal government, local ranchers, environmentalists, state game and fish personnel, biologists and ecologists, state and federal political figures, hunters, and tourists after World War II—as they all struggled to define and productively use the militarized western landscape. Environmentalists, ranchers, tourists, and other groups joined together to transform the meaning and uses of this region, challenging the authority of the national security state to dictate the environmental and cultural value of a rural American landscape. As a result, White Sands became a locus of competing geographies informed not only by the far-reaching intellectual, economic, and environmental changes wrought by the cold war but also by regional history, culture, and traditions.
White Sands Missile Range: 15 Historic Postcards
Author: Darren Court
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738570532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738570532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
White Sands Missile Range Information Brochure
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Guided missile ranges
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guided missile ranges
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land titles
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land titles
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
White Sands Missile Range
Author: Robert Rook
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781475139297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Pictures and Text about missiles and rockets on display at Missile Park Museum, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781475139297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Pictures and Text about missiles and rockets on display at Missile Park Museum, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
An Evaluation of the Ecological Potential of White Sands Missile Range to Support a Reintroduced Population of Mexican Wolves
Author: James Cary Bednarz
Publisher:
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
White Sands Missile Range, Aerial Cable Test Capability (ACTC)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description