2. At 0530, 16 July 1945, in a remote section of the Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico, the first full-scale test was made of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — People who lived near the site of the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert and later developed cancer and other health problems need to be compensated, a U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scam artists have been targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the world's first atomic bomb sent searing light across the Jornada del Muerto desert in 1945, Anastacio Cordova of Tularosa ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — An unknown blast shook the desolate New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, unsettling the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa. Most residents lacked phones and radios, so they ...

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, poses in front of the entrance of the ...

Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, poses in front of the entrance of the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, the site of the July 16, 1945, Trinity test.