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 test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki ...
The Atomic Bomb’s First Victims Were in New Mexico
WEBJul 27, 2023 · On July 16, 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project scientists detonated an atomic bomb for the first time ever at the Trinity test site in New Mexico. The explosion took...
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...
Manhattan Project | Definition, Scientists, Timeline, Locations, …
WEB3 days ago · The Manhattan Project produced the first atomic bomb. Several lines of research were pursued simultaneously. Both electromagnetic and fusion methods of separating the fissionable uranium-235 from uranium-238 were explored at …
Manhattan Project - Wikipedia
WEBThe first nuclear device ever detonated was an implosion-type bomb during the Trinity test, conducted at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Little Boy and Fat Man bombs were used a month later in the …
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.
Trinity Test -1945 - Nuclear Museum
WEBJun 18, 2014 · After three years of research and experimentation, the world’s first nuclear device, the “Gadget,” was successfully detonated in the New Mexico desert. This inaugural test ushered in the nuclear era. Read below for more information about the test, its aftermath, and impacts.
"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.
What Was the Manhattan Project? - Scientific American
WEBJul 21, 2023 · The Manhattan Project was a top-secret program to make the first atomic bombs during World War II. Its results had profound impacts on history: the subsequent nuclear arms race has radically...
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.
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