Trinity (nuclear test) - Wikipedia
WEBTrinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. MWT [a] (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project.
The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded
WEBJul 15, 2010 · On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Trinity Site - White Sands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBDec 6, 2023 · On July 16, 1945, one week after the establishment of White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in the north-central portion of the missile range, approximately 60 miles north of White Sands National Park.
Trinity Site - World's First Nuclear Explosion
WEBThe world's first nuclear explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the barren plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, known as the Jornada del Muerto.
The Trinity Test ‑ Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer & Impact - HISTORY
WEBApr 23, 2010 · At 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, Los Alamos scientists detonated a plutonium bomb at a test site located on the U.S. Air Force base at Alamogordo, New Mexico, some 120 miles south of Albuquerque....
"Destroyer of Worlds": The Making of an Atomic Bomb
WEBEmitting as much energy as 21,000 tons of TNT and creating a fireball that measured roughly 2,000 feet in diameter, the first successful test of an atomic bomb, known as the Trinity Test, forever changed the history of the world.
Manhattan Project: The Trinity Test, July 16, 1945 - OSTI.GOV
WEBJul 16, 2015 · At precisely 5:30 a.m. on Monday, July 16, 1945, the nuclear age began. While Manhattan Project staff members watched anxiously, the device exploded over the New Mexico desert, vaporizing the tower and turning the asphalt around the base of the tower to green sand.
The Light of Trinity, the World’s First Nuclear Bomb
WEBJul 16, 2015 · Alex Wellerstein recounts the successful testing of the world’s first nuclear bomb, built by J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, and evocatively named Trinity, in Alamogordo, New...
The Trinity test - Los Alamos National Laboratory
WEBJul 6, 2020 · This was the Trinity test, the culmination of 27 months of work at Project Y—a secret laboratory in Los Alamos—to create the world’s first atomic bomb. The necessity of testing Project Y covertly developed two types of nuclear weapons.
Trinity: Why It Really Mattered - The National WWII Museum
WEBEmitting as much energy as 21,000 tons of TNT and creating a fireball that measured roughly 2,000 feet in diameter, the first successful test of an atomic bomb, known as the Trinity Test, forever changed the history of the world.