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.
White Sands V-2 Launching Site
(Launch Complex 33)
V-2 rocket facilities
White Sands V-2 Launching Site is located in New Mexico
White Sands V-2 Launching Site
White Sands V-2 Launching Site is located in the United States
White Sands V-2 Launching Site
LocationWhite Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Coordinates32°24′4″N 106°22′40″W / 32.40111°N 106.37778°W / 32.40111; -106.37778
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1945 (1945)
Built byU.S. Army
NRHP reference No.85003541[2]
NMSRCP No.580
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1985
Designated NHLOctober 3, 1985
Designated NMSRCPJanuary 20, 1978

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.[3][4]

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  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "White Sands V-2 Launching Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  4. ^ "NHL nomination for White Sands V-2 Launching Site". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-16.