The 80th anniversary of the Trinity Site test of the world’s first atomic bomb was marked this past week. The test at Trinity ...

White Sands Missile Range will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Site test, marking a new era in scientific ...

The Trinity Test changed the course of human history and continues to have an impact on people in New Mexico, some of whom ...

This visit to the historic Trinity Site traces the origins of the atomic age. Though the Schmidt/McDonald assembly house was ...

On July 9, 2025, White Sands Missile Range will celebrate its 80th anniversary, marking 80 years as the nation's premier ...

Archbishop John C. Wester, clad in black and flanked by two other New Mexico Catholic bishops, stood poised to venture into the White Sands Missile Range with plans to pray for peace and the ...

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site ...

White Sands Missile Range was established in 1945, and was the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test. The range has seen at least 42,000 missile and rocket launches over the past 75 years.

We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.

The missile range was fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after finding a fire suppression system at a hazardous waste storage building wasn’t functioning, apparently for months on end.

According to White Sands Missile Range, the atomic bomb released 19 kilotons of power, instantly vaporizing the tower it was on and turning the surrounding asphalt and sand into green glass.

The 80th anniversary of the Trinity Site test of the world’s first atomic bomb was marked this past week. The test at Trinity ...