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Alamogordo’s Space Center — learning about life in space with all its technical difficulties

3. January 2003

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Technorati Tags: Alamogordo,Otero County,space center,southeast The Little Joe 2 rocket was used to test the Apollo launch escape system. Photo by Michael and Allison Goldstein. As seasoned science-fiction fans, Allison and I approached Alamogordo’s Space Center with questions about liftoff velocity, orbital trajectories, and re-entry temperatures. Avid readers of Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, [...]

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Alamogordo — city of the "fat cottonwood"

26. November 2001

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Technorati Tags: southeast,community,profile,Alamogordo,Otero County,New Mexico,Holloman Air Force Base,White Sands,International Space Center A father watches while his son rolls down a sand dune at White Sands National Monument. Photo by Carla DeMarco. Alamogordo had its official beginning in June, 1898, when the El Paso and Northwestern Railroad, owned by Charles B. Eddy, reached the town. Mr. [...]

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