Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time [a] (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project.

Oct 3, 2024 · The bombs exploded at Trinity Site and Nagasaki had plutonium cores. A “Fat Man” bomb casing is on display in front of the WSMR visitor center. After the explosion, Trinity Site …

Sep 13, 2025 · The Trinity test was the detonation of the first atomic bomb at 5:29:45 am on July 16, 1945. The bomb, a plutonium implosion device called Gadget, was exploded at the …

The success of the Trinity test meant that an atomic bomb using plutonium could be readied for use by the U.S. military. The Trinity site is now part of the White Sands Missile Range and is …

Jun 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 …

Jul 16, 2015 · The success of the Trinity test meant that both types of bombs -- the uranium design, untested but thought to be reliable, and the plutonium design, which had just been …

Jul 16, 2025 · Scientists set off the Trinity test atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. Though they chose a somewhat secluded area of the desert, people lived less than 20 miles away. It was …

The “Trinity” bomb located atop the test tower in the New Mexico Desert. Simply referred to as “the Gadget,” it was a test of the implosion design using plutonium-239.

Jul 16, 2025 · In essence, Trinity was a test-of-concept for the bomb that leveled Nagasaki. The history of the Manhattan Project and the birth of the bomb have been examined and …

Apr 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 …