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	White Sands Missile Range
		Formerly known as White Sands Proving Ground, it is one of the largest military facilities in the United States, covering an area of about 10,400 square km (4,000 square miles) – larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
		White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is located in the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico, between the Organ Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains.
		NASA used the White Sands range for testing the Saturn’s launch escape system and, later, the engines, components, and materials of the Space Shuttle Orbiter.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/W/White_Sands.html (578 words)

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		What is unusual about this case study is that the reengineering application is directed to a small NASA test facility as opposed to a large corporation as is very often the case.
		The Component Test Facility (CTF) at WSTF was not a large corporation but it applied reengineering to make the required radical changes in its new process design.
		The test conductor position was redefined from a direct supervisor, monitoring technicians' actions to an overall repair manager directing a corps of technicians and an engineering aide.
	et.nmsu.edu /~etti/fall97/manufacturing/reeng.html (2347 words)

	White Sands Missile Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern reaches of the Jornada del Muerto.
		These sands are composed of gypsum crystals, which have leached out of the surrounding mountains.
		There have been a number of spies at White Sands over the years, and not all of them were caught.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Sands_Test_Facility (782 words)

	NASA Quest > Space Team Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Another test, off-gassing, is where the experiments are put in an oven heated to 120 degrees for 72 hours, while computers analyze the chemicals released during that time.
		Others, such as off-gassing, pressure and flammability tests, are done at a different NASA center -- the White Sands Test Facility, located in a small town in the desert -- White Sands, New Mexico.
		But, we couldn't see the white volleyball, so we had to use a neon orange one.) After all the tests are done and the results analyzed and approved by the scientists, NASA gives us the GO AHEAD.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /space/team/journals/rodriguez/testing02-18.html (927 words)

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		Each test article passed the impact test with no failures or evidence of ignition, The clean verification indicated that gross amounts of particulate and non-volatile residue were present in the oxygen-wetted portions of the assemblies.
		WSTF was requested by NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) to perform component testing and clean verification on the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving equipment to be used in the JSC Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL}.
		In this test configuration, the gas is rapidly compressed against the first stage regulator seat, which is the "dead-end." In theory, the gas temperature generated by adiabatic compression should reach the autogenous ignition temperature of the polymer seat material in 100-percent oxygen.
	www.dnax.com /new_nav/table_nasa.html (2961 words)

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		The NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), located on the west slope of the San Andres mountains between Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), is a component of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
		The test facility's plant value is $200 million, and its annual budget is $40 million.
		WSTF also operates the White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) which provides approach and landing training for Space Shuttle astronauts and serves as an alternate orbiter landing site.
	www.iam2515.org /wstf.htm (179 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		A 94-square-mile area on the west side of the range was assigned to NASA for the development of a propulsion systems test facility.
		The White Sands Test Facility operates White Sands Space Harbor, where approach and landing training is conducted for shuttle pilots.
		Laboratories at the test facility are engaged in extensive testing efforts to evaluate the compatibility of materials being considered for use in aerospace applications.
	www.wsmr.army.mil /pao/OrgsandMission/onasa.htm (437 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		The White Sands Missile Range High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) was established to support the test and evaluation of high energy laser systems, subsystems and components, and to support the conduct of damage and vulnerability tests on materials, components, subsystems and systems.
		Prior to that, the facility was under the command of Commander, White Sands Missile Range.
		For explosive targets, Test Cell B is rated for the equivalent of 20,000 pounds of TNT.
	www.wsmr.army.mil /pao/FactSheets/laser.htm (1106 words)

	NASA White Sands Test Facility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At WSTF, we investigate the effects of increased oxygen concentration on the ignition and burning of materials and components used in these applications.
		The Propulsion Component Test Facility at WSTF is an Orbiter and International Space Station Depot Repair Facility.
		White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is the primary training area for Space Shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the shuttle-training aircraft and T-38 aircraft.
	www.wstf.nasa.gov (457 words)

	JSC Features - White Sands Test Facility celebrates 40 years of tests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Last month, White Sands Test Facility employees, friends, family and retirees celebrated 40 years of spaceflight testing at the facility.
		This photo captures more than 30 years of WSTF management experience: from left to right are WSTF Manager Steve Nunez (2003 -present) and predecessors Grady McCright (1994-1998), Rob Tillett (1981-1992) and Jesse Jones (1972-1981).
		On Sept. 22, 1964, the first test firing of the 20,000-pound thrust rocket engine for the Apollo Service Module was conducted.
	www1.jsc.nasa.gov /jscfeatures/articles/000000284.html (371 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		This facility is located 2 miles from the main post area and is approved for the testing of hazardous (explosive) test items up to 30,000 lbs.
		It is the largest explosive licensed temperature test facility within the DOD.
		The Large Test Chamber has been used to conduct environmental tests of complete weapon systems, to include operator functional tests of the system at temperature.
	www.wsmr.army.mil /capabilities/st/testing/lab_fac/climat/temptstfac.html (148 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Testing completed on new RS-72 upper stage engine
		The test success is the latest milestone in a jointly sponsored development program to fabricate and test a 12,500-pound (55 kN) thrust pump-fed storable propellant prototype engine.
		The 14th and final test of the engine on May 3 operated at 100-percent power and it ran for 60-seconds.
		Currently under development and testing at Rocketdyne are the RS-68 engine for the Boeing Delta 4 family of launch vehicles, the XRS-2200 linear aerospike engine for the NASA X-33 reusable launch vehicle, and the MB-60 upper-stage engine in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/n0006/25rs72test (539 words)

	JSC Features - NASA’s Chief Education Officer visits White Sands Test Facility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Adena Loston, NASA’s Chief Education Officer, recently visited White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), near Las Cruces, N.M. She discovered a large array of education outreach activity -- not only within the local community, but also throughout the state, touching teachers and students in its most distant corners.
		The program continues to flourish with SciAds from the test facility assigned to schools in three local school districts.
		Honeywell, the prime contractor on the WSTF site, also contributes to the facility’s education goals through employee volunteers and monetary support.
	www1.jsc.nasa.gov /jscfeatures/articles/000000261.html (395 words)

	High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
		Located on White Sands Missile Range, in southern New Mexico, HELSTF has access to 3,200 square miles of controlled land and 7,000 square miles of controlled air space in which to conduct live fire, lethality, and vulnerability testing, as well as laser/material interactions.
		As a result, HELSTF is able to support a wide variety of laser developmental and operational tests for not only combat and materiel developers, but also for industry and academia.
		HELSTF is located within the boundaries of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, approximately 60 miles north of El Paso, Texas, 25 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, and 35 miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on US Highway 70.
	helstf-www.wsmr.army.mil (386 words)

	JSC Features - Astronaut Candidates visit White Sands Test Facility and local schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fourteen blue-clad astronaut candidates delighted 2,000 students and teachers during a January visit to Las Cruces, N.M. The astronaut candidates provided a snapshot into their lives throughout the afternoon at six elementary and middle schools while encouraging students to study.
		The White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), a remote component of Johnson Space Center located north of Las Cruces, N.M., supports Shuttle engine testing and refurbishment, while White Sands Space Harbor supports Shuttle flight training.
		WSTF Manager Stephen Nunez said he was “very glad” that the 2004 astronaut class visited the facility.
	www1.jsc.nasa.gov /jscfeatures/articles/000000328.html (487 words)

	SPACE.com -- X-34 Test Plans Nearing Completion, Sep3, 1999 archive
		X-34 tests should begin early next year as NASA officials finish scheduling plans and an environmental impact statement.
		Ground-based tow tests could start as early as January, said Mike Allen, the X-34 project manager at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
		Following the tests in California, current plans call for five unpowered flight tests at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico during February and March.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/business/x34_test_plans.html (415 words)

	White Sands New Mexico - NASA
		Since 1963, NASA operates the White Sands Test Facility.
		The White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is operated by the White Sands Test Facility.
		The Space Harbor is located on the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range.
	www.white-sands-new-mexico.com /nasa.htm (161 words)

	Wendell Hull & Associates
		Dr. Harold Beeson (Ph.D. Chemistry, UNM) is Acting Laboratories Manager in the Laboratories Department at the NASA Johnson Space White Sands Test Facility.
		He was the NASA WSTF project manager for the joint USAF/NASA Enhanced Technology for Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Program, and he currently oversees stress-rupture testing of graphite fiber and modeling efforts to predict the effects of impact damage at NASA WSTF.
		He was senior test conductor for the joint USAF/NASA COPV damage tolerance and detection program and the ATLAS V solid rocket motor case visual damage threshold program.
	www.wendellhull.com /copv/default.asp (433 words)

	White Sands Test Facility (NASA)
		NASA rocket and propulsions RandD lab, and field test facility.
		Located on 94 square miles within the 4,000 square mile White Sands Missile Range, and considered a component of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
		This is one of the few NASA facilities which is not accessible to the public.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/NM3136 (67 words)

	RedOrbit - Space - NASA Vigil at White Sands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tuesday that the odds of the shuttle Discovery landing in southern New Mexico instead of Edwards Air Force Base in California were less than slim.
		However, the folks at Edwards have all the equipment in place," said Steve Nunez, manager of NASA's White Sands Test Facility, which operates the Space Harbor -- Discovery's backup landing site in case Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Edwards are unavailable.
		In the end, White Sands missed its chance to receive a shuttle on its 35,000-foot-long compacted gypsum runway.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display/?id=203511&source=r_space (657 words)

	Easi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NASA selects Easi for a five year contract for facility operations support at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
		The quality of the Easi technical and management approaches, coupled with the overall superiority of its team of key personnel ensures that the advantages of Easi’s technical approach will be fully realized in contract performance.
		Easi is a minority-owned business with an unblemished 23-year record of success in both the federal and commercial sectors, with responsibility for the management of facilities, technical operations, and processes at 20 locations from coast to coast.
	www.easiwww.com (330 words)

	Proficiency Testing for Evaluating Aerospace Materials Test Anomalies
		This paper attempts to develop and recommend an approach that could lead to increased accuracy in problem diagnostics by using the 50 % reactivity point, which has been shown to be more repeatable.
		The initial tests conducted indicate that PTFE and Viton® A
		(for pneumatic impact) and Buna S (for mechanical impact) would be good choices for additional testing and consideration for interlaboratory evaluations.
	www.astm.org /JOURNALS/JAI/PAGES/27.htm (360 words)

	NASA WSTF - Employment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The NASA White Sands Test Facility has regular openings for qualified engineers, scientists, and technicians conducting challenging test programs in support of America's space program.
		Anyone with experience in conducting test programs involving hazardous test media, high-pressures or vacuum, cryogens, liquid/gaseous hydrogen or oxygen, or in the construction of test facilities, you are encouraged to submit a resume for consideration.
		The White Sands Test Facility Team has immediate openings for the following positions.
	www.wstf.nasa.gov /employ (160 words)

	46th TEST GROUP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 46th Test Group at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is a unit of the 46th Test Wing, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB (AFMC), FL.
		The Test Group's mission is to operate world-class test facilities for high speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system testing, radar signature measurements, weapon systems flight testing, and Air Force Liaison for all AF programs tested at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR).
		Questions about the 46th Test Group mission should be sent to the contact addresses above.
	www.46tg.af.mil (110 words)

	NASA WSTF Educational and Professional Associations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) has a long history of cooperation with educational institutions, professional associations, and the community.
		Whether officially supported or driven by employees volunteering their time and expertise, these associations provide many benefits to WSTF, its customers, its employees, and the community.
		WSTF employees work hand-in-hand with area school teachers in the Science Advisor Program (also known as SCIAD) to improve math, science, and technology education.
	www.wstf.nasa.gov /Associ/Education.htm (109 words)

	White Sands FCU - Offices & ATMs (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From the Franklins, to the Organs, to the Butte, White Sands FCU has five branch locations conveniently located to serve you.
		So where ever you are, a White Sands Federal Credit Union location or ATM is not far away.
		White Sands Federal Credit Union, where membership makes a difference.
	www.wsfcu.org.cob-web.org:8888 /index.asp?p=d&a=148 (169 words)

	New Mexico High Tech Job Forum :: Job Posting
		Plans and supervises the activities of the fire fighting personnel in preparation for and performance of response duties to hazardous materials, fire, rescue, medical emergencies; directs subordinate personnel.Will be assigned to the function of shift commander working a 24 hour duty and 48 hour off duty schedule and work other hours as may be assigned.
		Fiore Industries has a fully equipped electronics test laboratory that includes substantial on-site computing resources as well as a basic machine shop for the fabrication of prototype components.
		Our technical staff is made up of highly accomplished scientists and engineers who bring a wide range of high-tech experience from diverse backgrounds in both private industry and government work.
	www.nmtechjobs.org /dJobDisplay.aspx?JID=1355 (511 words)

	NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY 1997 TRI Facilities
		Each TRI facility is required by law to provide accurate locational data (longitude and latitude).
		If a facility incorrectly reports its locational data we should question the accuracy of their self-reported releases as well.
		If you think a facility is incorrectly located please let us know.
	www.mapcruzin.com /tri97/newmex/pnmtri18.html (159 words)

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