White Sands V-2 Launching Site
For the V-2 rocket launches that began in 1946 at this site, e.g., filmed from the rocket in November 1947,[1] performed by the Broomstick Scientists in 1951, etc., see V-2 test launches in the USA.
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White Sands V-2 Launching Site | |
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| Location |
"near Headquarters Area"[2] White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 32°24′4″N 106°22′40″W / 32.40111°N 106.37778°WCoordinates: 32°24′4″N 106°22′40″W / 32.40111°N 106.37778°W |
| Built | 1945 |
| Architect | U.S. Army |
| NRHP Reference # | 85003541 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1985[3] |
| Designated NHL | October 3, 1985[4] |
White Sands V-2 Launching Site (Launch Complex 33, originally "Army Launch Area Number 1")[5] is the White Sands Missile Range site "closely associated with U.S. testing of the German V-2 rocket... The V-2 Gantry Crane and Army Blockhouse here represent the first [sic] generation of rocket testing facilities that would lead to U.S. exploration of space"[4] (cf. the 1937 Test Stand VII at Germany's Peenemünde Army Research Center, 1931 Kummersdorf test range facilities).[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/#q=White+Sands+rocket+launch+film
- ↑ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-1-B, "White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands vicinity, Dona Ana County, NM", 72 photos, 6 measured drawings, 118 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
- ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 "White Sands V-2 Launching Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
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