File:500,000 POUND STATIC TEST FACILITY- CLOSE-UP VIEW FROM EAST SHOWING MOVABLE OBSERVATION MIRRORS WITH TRACKS - White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near HAER NM,7-ALMOG.V,1-B-51.tif

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500,000 POUND STATIC TEST FACILITY- CLOSE-UP VIEW FROM EAST SHOWING MOVABLE OBSERVATION MIRRORS WITH TRACKS - White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM
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Van Braun, Werner
Baird, George, photographer
Dennett Muessig Ryan Associates, photographer
Moore, Thomas, photographer
Quinn, Michael C, historian
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500,000 POUND STATIC TEST FACILITY- CLOSE-UP VIEW FROM EAST SHOWING MOVABLE OBSERVATION MIRRORS WITH TRACKS - White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM
Depicted place New Mexico; Dona Ana County; White Sands
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER NM,7-ALMOG.V,1-B-51
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  • Significance: The development of the large liquid fueled rocket, which has profoundly affected events in the twentieth century, was initiated by the Germans in the 1930s and, after World War II, continued by the United States at White Sands Proving Ground (now White Sands Missile Range). In all, 67 V-2 rockets were assembled and tested at White Sands between 1946 and 1952, providing the U.S. invaluable experience in the assembly, pre-flight testing, handling, fueling, launching, and tracking of large missiles. In the late 1940s, several V-2s were combined with a smaller rocket, the WAC Corporal, to become the first large, multi-stage rockets to be launched in the Western Hemisphere. Additionally, scientific experiments conducted in conjunction with the V-2 program yielded significant information about the upper atmosphere and other areas of research, including the effects of space on mammals.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2
  • Survey number: HAER NM-1-B
  • Building/structure dates: 1945-1952 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85003541.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nm0140.photos.114296p
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Object location32° 22′ 50.99″ N, 106° 28′ 44″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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