What Happens at White Sands Missile Range?
With Starliner landing on site this week, here's a closer look at the Army's historic testing range for weapons, rockets, and more.
By Kyle Mizokami
Dec 24, 2019
White Sands Missile Range was established in 1945 as White Sands Proving Ground, a sprawling, empty patch of New Mexico desert cordoned off by the government to support the war effort. White Sands includes the Trinity test site, the location of the first atomic bomb test, which occurred on the north end of the proving ground. The proving ground, later redesignated a missile range, encompasses 3,200 square miles. The location gets its name from the blindingly white gypsum sand dunes native to the base.
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