Photo, Print, Drawing White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

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About this Item

Title
White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM
Contributor Names
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Van Braun, Werner
Baird, George, photographer
Dennett Muessig Ryan Associates, photographer
Moore, Thomas, photographer
Quinn, Michael C, historian
Created / Published
Documentation compiled after 1968
Subject Headings
-  military facilities
-  temporary buildings
-  military organizations
-  science
-  water supply
-  space flight
-  rockets
-  New Mexico -- Dona Ana County -- White Sands
Latitude / Longitude
32.35055,-106.46758
Notes
-  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
-  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85003541
Medium
Photo(s): 72
Measured Drawing(s): 6
Data Page(s): 118
Photo Caption Page(s): 5
Call Number/Physical Location
HAER NM,7-ALMOG.V,1-B-
Source Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number
nm0140
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
Online Format
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Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Werner Van Braun, and Michael C Quinn, Baird, George, Dennett Muessig Ryan Associates, and Thomas Moore, photographer. White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM. Dona Ana County White Sands New Mexico, 1968. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/nm0140/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, C., Van Braun, W. & Quinn, M. C., Baird, G., Dennett Muessig Ryan Associates & Moore, T., photographer. (1968) White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM. Dona Ana County White Sands New Mexico, 1968. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/nm0140/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Werner Van Braun, and Michael C Quinn, photographers by Baird, George, Dennett Muessig Ryan Associates, and Thomas Moore. White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/nm0140/>.

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