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Military testing area in New Mexico, US
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally
White_Sands_Missile_Range
National park in New Mexico, United States
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by White Sands Missile Range. The park
White_Sands_National_Park
Fossilized human footprints in New Mexico, US
The White Sands footprints are a set of ancient human footprints discovered in 2009 at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, United States. In 2021
White_Sands_footprints
Topics referred to by the same term
White Sands may refer to: White Sands, New Mexico, United States, residential area and national park of the White Sands Missile Range White Sands Missile
White_Sands
1992 American film by Roger Donaldson
White Sands is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, and starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
White_Sands_(film)
NASA training and research site
White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is a spaceport in New Mexico that was formerly used as a Space Shuttle runway, a test site for rocket research, and the
White_Sands_Space_Harbor
Species of fish
The White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) is an endangered species of pupfish from the family Cyprinodontidae. The native range of the White Sands pupfish
White_Sands_pupfish
Census-designated place in the United States
White Sands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands
White_Sands,_New_Mexico
White Sands Ranch (32°44′50″N 106°08′35″W / 32.74722°N 106.14306°W / 32.74722; -106.14306) is a locale of private land in Otero County, New Mexico
White_Sands_Ranch
U.S. rocket engine test facility in New Mexico
White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is a NASA rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space
White_Sands_Test_Facility
Shopping mall in Pasir Ris, Singapore
White Sands Shopping Mall (Chinese: 白沙购物中心), also known as White Sands, is a 5-storey shopping mall with retail outlets at the basement and two additional
White_Sands_Shopping_Mall
Correlation between UFO reports and atomic sites
Hanford White Sands Muroc Oak Ridge Since 1947, United States media coverage has speculated that UFO reports might be linked to atomic sites. In June
UFO_reports_and_atomic_sites
Defunct research facility of the United States Army
SCEL at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) was on April 2, 1946, when the Signal Corps deployed a team of 10 men to the then-named White Sands Proving Ground
Signal_Corps_Laboratories
American contactee (1908–1992)
8" x 14" page, which he continued until 1989. On July 4, 1949, at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico where he was employed, Fry had planned to
Daniel_Fry
The White Sands Test Center (WSTC) was responsible for planning and conducting tests at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, USA. WSTC reported
White_Sands_Test_Center
Neighborhood in New York City
Parkway and north of Coney Island Creek, is sometimes called White Sands. Originally, White Sands consisted of several short, dead-end streets with no through-routes
Gravesend,_Brooklyn
Granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles
sulfate, such as gypsum and selenite, as is found in places such as White Sands National Park and Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. Sand
Sand
First detonation of a nuclear weapon
what was the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, but was renamed the White Sands Proving Ground just before the test. The only structures originally in
Trinity_(nuclear_test)
American floating dry dock
USS White Sands (ARD-20), ex-USS ARD-20, ex-USS ARD(BS)-20, later AGDS-1, was a United States Navy auxiliary repair dock in service from 1944 to 1947
USS_White_Sands
occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and one took place at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. No Space Shuttle landed on a dry lakebed
List of Space Shuttle landing sites
List_of_Space_Shuttle_landing_sites
Network of American communications satellites
ground segment of TDRSS consists of three ground stations located at the White Sands Complex (WSC) in southern New Mexico, the Guam Remote Ground Terminal
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System
Sounding rocket
JPL and the engines by Aerojet. The WAC Corporal test program began at White Sands Proving Grounds in late September 1945 with a series of booster tests
WAC_Corporal
American rocket launch site
White Sands Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) is a site at White Sands Missile Range used for launches of the Black Brant IX and Black Brant 9CM1. It was also
White_Sands_Launch_Complex_36
UFO incident in Texas, United States in 1957
Levelland, at 2:30 a.m., two different military police patrols at the White Sands Proving Ground reported a bright, unidentified egg-shaped object they
Levelland_UFO_case
Graben basin in the Southwestern United States
include White Sands National Park, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, the Carrizozo Malpais lava flow, Holloman Air Force Base, and the White Sands Missile
Tularosa_Basin
Species of lizard
cowlesi), also known as Cowles' prairie lizard, the White Sands prairie lizard or the White Sands swift, is species of spiny lizard in the family Iguanidae
Southwestern_fence_lizard
Type of anti-ballistic missile
carried out at White Sands on 17 December 1962, reaching an altitude of 100 nautical miles (190 km), the highest of any launch from White Sands to that point
Nike_Zeus
Baseball team in Alamogordo, New Mexico
The White Sands Pupfish were a professional baseball team based in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The team was a member of the Pecos League, an independent baseball
White_Sands_Pupfish
Lake in New Mexico, United States
located within that section of the Tularosa Basin that is contained within White Sands National Park in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The playa is noted for
Lake_Lucero
Travel book by Geoff Dyer
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World is a 2016 travel book written by Geoff Dyer. The book was previously titled White Sands. The writer described
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World
White_Sands:_Experiences_from_the_Outside_World
List of large explosions
part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) on 27 June 1985 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This test, named Minor Scale, used 4,744
Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions
Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions
Soft calcium sulfate mineral
unique conditions of the White Sands National Park in the US state of New Mexico have created a 710 km2 (270 sq mi) expanse of white gypsum sand, enough to
Gypsum
Modified V-2 rocket
from outer space. Launched on 24 October 1946, at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65
V-2_No._13
American actress (born 1958)
thriller Consenting Adults, and in the same year starred in the thriller White Sands alongside Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke, and played a fishing boat captain
Mary_Elizabeth_Mastrantonio
Intercollegiate athletics teams of Tulane University
Club — Sailing Tad Gormley Stadium — Men's and women's track and field White Sands Volleyball Courts — Beach volleyball Hertz Center, Basketball/Volleyball
Tulane_Green_Wave
1982 American crewed spaceflight
only mission to land at the White Sands Space Harbor near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The orbiter was forced to land at White Sands due to flooding at its originally
STS-3
Type of rocket
1948, and July 29, 1950. The first six flights were conducted at the White Sands Missile Range; the seventh launch, Bumper 8 on July 24, 1950, was the
RTV-G-4_Bumper
City in New Mexico, United States
city's major employer is the federal government at nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. Spaceport America, which has corporate
Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico
Prehistoric migration from Asia to the Americas
potentially oldest known human footprints in North America were found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, United States by researchers who identified
Peopling_of_the_Americas
American actor (1948–2014)
My Cousin Vinny, Dr. McElwaine in Basic Instinct, FBI Agent Flynn in White Sands and Mr. Trask in Scent of a Woman (all in 1992), John Merino in Up Close
James_Rebhorn
United States historic place
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
White Sands V-2 Launching Site
White_Sands_V-2_Launching_Site
American GPS-guided "bunker buster" bomb
B-2 Spirit. It was first tested in March 2007, in a DTRA tunnel at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. In July 2007, Northrop Grumman received
GBU-57A/B_MOP
Air- and missile-defense system
and track using both dedicated flights and other air traffic. Then, at White Sands Missile Range, MEADS demonstrated a first-ever over-the-shoulder launch
Medium Extended Air Defense System
Medium_Extended_Air_Defense_System
City in New Mexico, United States
1912. Tourism became an important economic factor with the creation of White Sands National Park in 1933, which is still one of the biggest attractions
Alamogordo,_New_Mexico
Federally funded research and development center in Massachusetts
Haystack radars in Westford, Massachusetts, and optical telescopes at its White Sands, New Mexico, field site. The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR)
MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory
Summer village in Alberta, Canada
White Sands is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of Stettler and east
White_Sands,_Alberta
2022 film directed by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin
attend his funeral in Nogales, Arizona, after which he is to bring her to White Sands, where she will be euthanized. Initially hesitant, Briggs agrees when
Dog_(2022_film)
Directed-energy weapon, Laser weapon
successfully shot down drones, rockets, mortar bombs, and antitank missiles at White Sands Missile Range. The military pushed for an earlier deployment, possibly
Iron_Beam
German long-range ballistic missile
White Sands Missile Range Museum". White Sands Missile Range Museum. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020. The White Sands
V-2_rocket
Class of partially reusable crew capsules
There are four primary landing locations, including two sites inside the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Willcox Playa in Arizona and the Dugway
Boeing_Starliner
Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
large amounts of limestone mountains surround a closed basin, such as at White Sands National Park in south-central New Mexico, occasional storm runoff transports
Dune
was pressed into peaceful service after the war at the United States' White Sands Missile Range as well as the Soviet Union's Kapustin Yar. This led to
Spaceflight_before_1951
First mammal launched on a rocket
(V-2 Rocket "Blossom No. 3") on June 11, 1948. The launch was staged at White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Albert I, a nine-pound monkey
Albert_I_(monkey)
800 14C yr B.P. However, a series of human tracks were identified at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, which have been dated contentiously dated
Isotope analysis in archaeology
Isotope_analysis_in_archaeology
congress.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2019. Subtitle E--White Sands National Park and White Sands Missile Range, SEC. 2851...approximately 2,826 acres of
List of national parks of the United States
List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
U.S. state
presence in New Mexico, including U.S. military installations such as White Sands Missile Range and Kirtland Air Force Base, and Department of Energy research
New_Mexico
Airport
Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (IATA: ALM, ICAO: KALM, FAA LID: ALM) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km)
Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport
Alamogordo–White_Sands_Regional_Airport
1909 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery
continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. The book soon introduces Anne's new and problematic neighbour
Anne_of_Avonlea
Lake in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada
1920. The recreational areas of Boss Hill, Rochon Sands, White Sands, Scenic Sands, Buffalo Sands. Pelican Point, Pelican View Estates (PVE), and The
Buffalo_Lake_(Alberta)
Thermally insulating material
investigation found that claims of NATO's involvement in testing Starlite at White Sands Missile Range were contradicted by official records, specifically through
Starlite
Retrieved 21 December 2020. Lerner, Preston (August 2010). "Black Day at White Sands". Air & Space Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original
List of McDonnell Douglas DC-X launches
List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X_launches
Directed energy weapon
and early 2000s, it was located at the former MAR-1 facility in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The beam size in the resonator is about
MIRACL
American Navy facility in New Mexico
the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme (NSWC PHD) White Sands Detachment – White Sands. The beginning of construction of the Desert Ship coincided
USS_Desert_Ship_(LLS-1)
2010 American film
won 'Best Feature Film' at White Sands International Film Festival. 2011, won 'Best Director' (Justin Lerner) at White Sands International Film Festival
Girlfriend_(2010_film)
Annual walking event at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US
march, along with thousands of supporters from around the world, held at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Held annually since 1989, this is a full marathon
Bataan_Memorial_Death_March
Geographical region
a group of likely hunter-gatherers whose presence is recorded in the White Sands footprints. No material culture from this group is known. Material culture
Southwestern_United_States
Bataan Death March is commemorated every year in March since 1993 at the White Sands Missile Range, northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico, with a trail marathon
List of memorials to Bataan Death March victims
List_of_memorials_to_Bataan_Death_March_victims
NASA Space Shuttle safety procedures
New York Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee, Massachusetts White Sands Space Harbor, White Sands, New Mexico Wilmington International Airport, Wilmington
Space_Shuttle_abort_modes
Bay in Hawaii County, Hawaii
"Magic Sands" or "White Sands Beach", the official name is "Laʻaloa Beach County Park". During calm weather, it is one of the only fine white sandy beaches
Laʻaloa_Bay
Device used in animal experimentation
primary application of the program was based in White Sands. The experiments conducted at White Sands Missile Range were facilitated using the facility’s
Primate_Equilibrium_Platform
launches of the Pershing were also performed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The White Sands Missile Range Museum has a Pershing II on an erector
Pershing_missile_displays
American short-range ballistic missile
Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands, New Mexico Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville,
PGM-11_Redstone
National Historic Site of Canada in Prince Edward Island National Park
Anne of Green Gables movies. The venue also served as the fictional White Sands Hotel in the Canadian Road to Avonlea television series. Prince William
Dalvay-by-the-Sea
20th-century US research project
the rockets, which were named RTV-A-2 Hiroc. The tests took place at White Sands Proving Grounds. The three tests took place on 13 July 1947, 27 September
RTV-A-2_Hiroc
American actor (born 1952)
played an arms dealer chased by Willem Dafoe and Samuel L. Jackson in White Sands, a film noir that reviewers found stylish but incoherent.[citation needed]
Mickey_Rourke
Explosives detonation test in 1985
test took place at the Permanent High Explosive Testing Grounds of the White Sands Missile Range in the state of New Mexico, for which 4,744 tons of ANFO
Minor_Scale
Beach on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu
Vanuatu. The beach is famous for its crystal clear waters and powdery white sands, which make it ideal for snorkeling. It is visited regularly by tourists
Champagne_Beach_(Vanuatu)
Tactical ballistic missile
Sergeant missile was first fired by an operational field artillery unit at White Sands, New Mexico by the 3rd Battalion 38th Artillery station from Fort Sill
MGM-29_Sergeant
1986 film by Harry Winer
the Edwards re-entry window, the crew comes up with a plan to land at White Sands, New Mexico, after Rudy recalls the 1982 Space Shuttle mission that landed
SpaceCamp
English multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer
What I'm Sayin?. He produced the entirety of Homeboy Sandman's 2014 EP, White Sands. He has also produced tracks for Jamie Woon, Jehst, and Obongjayar. In
Paul_White_(music_producer)
Extinct genus of bears
the forefoot when walking like modern bears. An A. simus pawprint from White Sands National Park measured 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 19 cm (7.5 in) wide, with
Arctodus
School district in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Mexico. The school district covers the city of Las Cruces as well as White Sands Missile Range, the settlement of Doña Ana, and the town of Mesilla. The
Las_Cruces_Public_Schools
US Air Force base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
addition to hosting several combat wings, Holloman supports the nearby White Sands Missile Range and currently hosts the Royal Air Force RPAS (Remotely
Holloman_Air_Force_Base
Mobile surface-to-air missile
The missile was tested on November 20, 2006 at the MacGregor Range, White Sands Missile Range. On November 25, 2025, the Type 03 was deployed in Yonaguni
Type_03_Chū-SAM
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
city of El Paso, Texas, and the neighboring military installations of White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss. It is officially part of the Las Cruces
Chaparral,_New_Mexico
Japanese horror writer and manga artist (born 1963)
Voice Ghost Heights Management Association Junji Ito's Snow White (adapted from Snow White) Layers of Fear Mountain of Gods: Precipice of the Unknown Mr
Junji_Ito
US Cold War rocket launch installation
The Utah Launch Complex was a Cold War military subinstallation of White Sands Missile Range for USAF and US Army rocket launches. In addition to firing
Green_River_Launch_Complex
Aerospace ground test facility in New Mexico, U.S.
Holloman Air Force Base in south-central New Mexico. It is adjacent to the White Sands Missile Range and is operated by the 846th Test Squadron of the 704th
Holloman High Speed Test Track
Holloman_High_Speed_Test_Track
US Army post in New Mexico and Texas, US
and second-largest in the Army overall, the largest being the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. Fort Bliss provides the largest contiguous tract (1,500 sq mi
Fort_Bliss
Bay near Esperance, Western Australia
southeast of Esperance, the bay is a tourist spot known for its bright white sands and turquoise-coloured waters. In May 2023, Lucky Bay was voted as the
Lucky_Bay
Mountain in New Mexico, United States
Basin, Hembrillo Canyon, opens eastwards into the Tularosa Basin and White Sands National Park. The Canyon is partially barred by a roughly north-south
Victorio_Peak
American sounding rockets, 1949 to 1955
firings (11 March and 25 April), the first Viking rocket took off from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Its engine fired for 55 seconds, ten seconds
Viking_(rocket)
Alleged UFO sighting in 1964
Conventional explanations of Zamora's claims include a lunar lander test by White Sands Missile Range and a hoax by New Mexico Tech students. On April 24, 1964
Lonnie_Zamora_incident
Part of the U.S. Highway System
mile (1.6 km) south of the entrance to White Sands National Park. The road then passes the entrance to White Sands National Park, and shortly after that
U.S._Route_70_in_New_Mexico
launch the first second-generation Viking rocket, Viking 8, from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The new Viking design was nearly one-and-a-half
1952_in_spaceflight
Impressions or images left behind by a person walking or running
September 2021, scientists reported the discovery of human footprints in White Sands National Park in the state of New Mexico that are understood to be 23
Footprint
1947 US Navy test launch of a captured V-2 rocket from the carrier USS Midway
was done at the White Sands Missile Range, using a simulated aircraft carrier deck. The V-2 to be used was assembled at White Sands. It was shipped across
Operations_Sandy_and_Pushover
2012 video game
Mayor Jonas, and the two head back to White Sands which is under attack. Emmett, Cutter, and the remaining White Sands folks are able to defeat the attacking
Starhawk_(2012_video_game)
Historic house in New Mexico, United States
1982. White Sands Missile Range commander United States Army Major General Niles J. Fulwyler, who had directed the restoration of the White Sands V-2 Launching
McDonald_Ranch_House
American rocket
rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets
Little_Joe_II
travel, tourism, insurance
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British, English
Guard
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hight.Americanized spelling of German Heit.
Surname or Lastname
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English : occupational name for a watchman, Anglo-Norman French waite (of Germanic origin; compare Wachter), or from the same word in its original abstract/collective sense, ‘the watch’. There may also have been some late confusion with White.
Surname or Lastname
English (Nottingham)
English (Nottingham) : variant of White.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Witt.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, Welsh
White Wavess; White Wave
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : from Middle English whit ‘white’, hence a nickname for someone with white hair or an unnaturally pale complexion. In some cases it represents a Middle English personal name, from an Old English byname, Hwīt(a), of this origin. As a Scottish and Irish surname it has been widely used as a translation of the many Gaelic names based on bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). There has also been some confusion with Wight.Translated form of cognate and equivalent names in other languages, such as German Weiss, French Blanc, Polish Białas (see Bialas), etc.Peregrine White (1620–1704), brother of Resolved, was born in Cape Cod harbor on board the Mayflower, thus becoming the first child of English descent to be born in New England. His father, William White, was the son of the rector of Barham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England; he died in 1621 during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
Girl/Female
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Bright; Pure; Name of Colour
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
White; Pure; Bright White; Clear and White
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from White.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Whitton.
Female
Arthurian
, bosom white; white breast.
Female
Arthurian
, bosom white; white breast.
Boy/Male
British, English
White
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Polish
White Wave; White Complexion; Fair; White Race
Boy/Male
Polish
White; white haired.
Female
Arthurian
, bosom white; white breast.
Boy/Male
Indian, Oriya
White Win; White Victory
Boy/Male
Australian, Portuguese
White; Blond; Fair-one
Boy/Male
Polish
White; white haired.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
White Flower; White Rose
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