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  2. White Sands Missile Range - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. White Sands V-2 Launching Site - Wikipedia

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    The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II. These tests ...

  4. White Sands Launch Complex 38 - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, seven [24] HIBEX missiles were tested at WSMR, [25] and the first Sprint missile launch was at WSMR in November 1965. [26] Bell Telephone Laboratories [27] started the Multi-function Array Radar (MAR-I) construction at WSMR for Nike-X in March 1963. [28] MAR-1 was based on the ZAR, and was the basis for the Kwajalein Missile Site Radar.

  5. McDonald Ranch House - Wikipedia

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    For many years the site was open on the first Saturday in April and October. Admission is free. [14] There is a display on the Schmidt family in the house during each open house. [5] In 2014, the White Sands Missile Range announced that due to budgetary constraints, the site would only be open once a year, on the first Saturday in April.

  6. White Sands Missile Range Home to U.S. Army's Largest ... - AOL

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    White Sands Missile Range Home to U.S. Army's Largest Solar Power System Solar Energy to Provide 10% of Installation Power Needs WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today the U.S ...

  7. White Sands National Park - Wikipedia

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    White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

  8. White Sands Test Facility - Wikipedia

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    White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is a NASA rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. NASA established WSTF on the White Sands Missile Range in 1963. [1]

  9. A look inside the $5.7 million remodel of historic White ...

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    Its address is at Bldg. 501 Aberdeen Ave. in White Sands. For more information or to make a reservation, call 575-288-3220. To contact White Sands Missile Range's post security office for possible ...