White Sands V-2 Launching Site

	White Sands V-2 Launching Site; (Launch Complex 33)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	NM State Register of Cultural Properties
	V-2 rocket facilities
Location	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°24′4″N 106°22′40″W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1945
Built by	U.S. Army
NRHP reference No.	85003541
NMSRCP No.	580
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985
Designated NHL	October 3, 1985
Designated NMSRCP	January 20, 1978

The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II. These tests were the first step in both military advances in rocketry, and in the development of the United States space exploration programs. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

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