Lucy Benavidez Garwood was 13 years old when the Trinity atomic bomb test was detonated at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, 50 miles from her home in Tularosa, on July 16, 1945. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the ...

At the heart of the New Mexico desert lies the site where the atomic age began. The Trinity test was more than just an explosion—it was the moment that changed global power forever. This visit to ...

In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site is ...