Two Upcoming Open Houses – VLA and Trinity

Two upcoming open houses that might be of interest to ASM members at the VLA on Oct 12 and the Trinity Site on Oct 19.

VLA tours conducted by NRAO scientists and engineers, Oct 12 

Free day of tours and talks at the Very Large Array in Socorro. This event will take place from 9a.m. – 4p.m. Guided tours given by National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) scientist and engineers will every half hour between 10am – 3pm. There will also be short talks by guest experts in both the morning and repeated in the afternoon. Admission is free, but advance entry tickets are required to help us control the flow of parking as best we can. Visit National Radio Astronomy Observatory (ticketapp.org) to reserve tickets. 

Trinity Site Open House, Oct 19 

White Sands Missile Range will conduct the Trinity Site Open House, Oct 19. Trinity Site is where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time July 16, 1945. The open house is free, and no reservations are required. At the site visitors can take a quarter mile walk to ground zero where a small obelisk marks the exact spot where the bomb was detonated. Weather and roads permitting the Schmidt/McDonald Ranch House will also be available to visit. The ranch house is where the scientists assembled the plutonium core of the bomb. To get to Trinity Site visitors enter WSMR through its Stallion Range Center gate, located five miles south of U.S. Highway 380. The turnoff is 12 miles east of San Antonio, New Mexico. The Stallion Gate is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The site closes promptly at 3:30 p.m. 

https://home.army.mil/wsmr/contact/public-affairs-office/trinity-site-open-house

https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/alamogordo-visit-the-trinity-site.htm