Dressed in a lightweight, protective zipper-suit designed to keep dirt, insects and contaminants off his body, Dr. Michael Ketterer, a chemist, slowly lowered himself into an empty, abandoned water ...

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE — 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 ...

The first atomic bomb test Scientists detonated the first atomic bomb in July 1945 in a remote desert area in south central New Mexico, a location later nicknamed the Trinity Site. The bomb contained ...

Jul. 20—SOCORRO COUNTY — A crowd of activists, politicians, journalists and New Mexico Department of Transportation employees gathered on the side of U.S. 380 Wednesday to unveil a new sign ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Residents said the world's first atomic-bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Decades ago, scientists in New Mexico worked tirelessly to discover and test the world’s most destructive weapon – the nuclear bomb. Its effects on the state have been ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Residents say the world’s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an ...

The mushroom cloud forms seconds after the Trinity atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945. "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." That paraphrased line from the Bhagavad Gita crossed Robert ...