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Wired reports that a White Sands Missile Range GPS-jamming exercise disabled a civilian medevac’s navigation, causing it to crash into a mountain in May and killing all on board; it’s the first known civilian fatality tied to military GPS interference in U.S. airspace, and comes amid a sharp rise in GPS interference incidents nationwide.
After a 12-year NASA career, Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan retires to continue his Army service as commanding general of White Sands Missile Range. He spent 272 days in space aboard the ISS, completed seven spacewalks totaling 45 hours 48 minutes (four of which were for Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer repairs), and traveled over 115 million miles in more than 4,300 Earth orbits.
The US Army has warned that there may be larger than normal crowds at the Trinity Site in New Mexico, the location of the world's first nuclear bomb detonation, due to the release of Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer." The site is only open to visitors two days each year, and those hoping to visit may experience wait times of up to two hours. The film, which is about the creation of the world's first nuclear weapon, is rated R and has a runtime of three hours. The Trinity Site is marked by an obelisk and contains historical photographs and samples of trinitite, a glasslike substance created during the bomb's explosion. The site is safe to visit, and public access is limited due to the White Sands Missile Range's frequent weapons testing.