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After the end of World War II, the U.S. military searched for a location for a new long-range missile testing facility, having found the existing White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico to be too small. After a failed attempt to establish the site in California, the Committee on Long Range Proving Grounds recommended Cape Continue reading "May 11, 1949: A missile range at Cape Canaveral" The post May 11, 1949: A missile range at Cape Canaveral appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .
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