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RESCHEDULED to Monday November 20. White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is where the US took its first steps in exploring outer space using German V-2 rockets. Over the decades that work continued, ranging from proposals to launch Apollo Saturn rockets at the range to hosting the actual landing of Space Shuttle Columbia in 1982. NASA and private companies are still frequent users of the range’s facilities for their space-related activities.
Jim Eckles worked at WSMR for 30 years before retiring in 2007 and now volunteers. He has seen countless rockets launched and witnessed the 1982 landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He has written books that detail a variety of many aspects of the range’s history.