White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. County/parish: Dona Ana.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1985. NRIS 85003541.
1 contributing site. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II. These tests were the first step in both military advances in rocketry, and in the development of the United States space exploration programs. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77846981