Trinity Test 70th Anniversary(01 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - This July 16, 1945 photo, shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M. Thursday, July 16, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Trinity Test in southern New Mexico comes amid renewed interest in the Manhattan Project thanks to new books, online video testimonies and the WGN America drama series âManhattan.(AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Trinity Test 70th Anniversary(02 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - This Oct. 15, 1965 photo shows a \"Fat Man\" nuclear bomb of the type tested at Trinity Site, N.M, and dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945, on view for the public at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Museum. Thursday, July 16, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Trinity Test in southern New Mexico comes amid renewed interest in the Manhattan Project thanks to new books, online video testimonies and the WGN America drama series âManhattan. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Trinity Test 70th Anniversary(03 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - This July 16, 1945 photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico. Thursday, July 16, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Trinity Test in southern New Mexico comes amid renewed interest in the Manhattan Project thanks to new books, online video testimonies and the WGN America drama series âManhattan.(AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Manhattan Project Fermi(04 of17)
Open Image ModalDr. Enrico Fermi, leader of the group of scientists who succeeded in initiating the first man-made nuclear chain reaction is picture in an undated photo. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Atomic Bomb History-Oppenheimer(05 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE-This Dec. 15, 1957 file photo Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb, is shown at his study in Princeton University\'s Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. The U.S. Department of Energy has declassified documents related to the Cold War hearing on Oppenheimer who directed the Manhattan Project and was later accused of having communist sympathies. The department last week released transcripts of the 1950s hearings on Oppenheimer\'s security clearance, providing more insight into the previously secret world that surrounded development of the atomic bomb. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Atomic Bomb History-Oppenheimer(06 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE-This Oct. 17, 1945 file photo Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer of the New Mexico laboratories of the atomic bomb making project, testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington. The U.S. Department of Energy has declassified documents related to the Cold War hearing on Oppenheimer who directed the Manhattan Project and was later accused of having communist sympathies. The department last week released transcripts of the 1950s hearings on Oppenheimer\'s security clearance, providing more insight into the previously secret world that surrounded development of the atomic bomb. (AP Photo,File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(07 of17)
Open Image ModalA photograph on display at The Bradbury Science Museum shows the first atomic bomb test On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45am, at Trinity Site in New Mexico, U.S.A. The museum is Los Alamos National Laboratory\'s window to the public. The Museum displays the Laboratory\'s current research and presents the history of the Laboratory\'s role in the Manhattan Project during World War II. (photograph on display in the Bradbury Science museum, photo copied by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
First detonation of a nuclear device - Trinity - in New Mexico(08 of17)
Open Image ModalTrinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945 as a result of the Manhattan Project, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, New Mexico, at the new White Sands Proving Ground. Trinity used an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed \'The Gadget\'.. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images) (credit:Universal History Archive via Getty Images)
First detonation of a nuclear device - Trinity - in New Mexico(09 of17)
Open Image ModalTrinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945 as a result of the Manhattan Project, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, New Mexico, at the new White Sands Proving Ground. Trinity used an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed \'The Gadget\'.. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images) (credit:Universal History Archive via Getty Images)
Manhattan Project's Admin Buildings(10 of17)
Open Image ModalAeriel view of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Administration Building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1945. The buildings and, indeed, the entire city of Oak Ridge, was established in 1942 to house the employees (and their families) of the uranium-enrichment facility of the Manhattan Project, the United State\'s project to develop the atomic bomb. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
Manhattan Project's K-25 Plant(11 of17)
Open Image ModalAerial view of the massive K-25 gaseous diffusion plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, early August, 1945. The plant and, indeed, the entire city of Oak Ridge, was established in 1942 to house the employees (and their families) of the uranium-enrichment facility of the Manhattan Project, the United State\'s project to develop the atomic bomb. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(12 of17)
Open Image ModalThe sign that welcomes visitors to Los Alamos Laboratory after they cross over the Omega Bridge from the town of Los Alamos June 14, 1999. Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. Allegations of espionage, from within Los Alamos National Laboratory, hit the headlines in March 1999 when scientist Wen Ho Lee was fired from the lab in New Mexico amid suspicions he passed classified information to China. He has not been charged with any crime, and through his lawyer he has denied providing nuclear secrets to China or anyone else. China has also denied spying or stealing U.S. nuclear secrets. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(13 of17)
Open Image ModalThe Los Alamos Laboratory and the town of Los Alamos June 14, 1999. The Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. Allegations of espionage, from within Los Alamos National Laboratory, hit the headlines in March 1999 when scientist Wen Ho Lee was fired from the lab in New Mexico amid suspicions he passed classified information to China. He has not been charged with any crime, and through his lawyer he has denied providing nuclear secrets to China or anyone else. China has also denied spying or stealing U.S. nuclear secrets. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(14 of17)
Open Image ModalThe sign that welcomes visitors to Los Alamos Laboratory after they cross over the Omega Bridge from the town of Los Alamos June 14, 1999. The Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. Allegations of espionage, from within Los Alamos National Laboratory, hit the headlines in March 1999 when scientist Wen Ho Lee was fired from the lab in New Mexico amid suspicions he passed classified information to China. He has not been charged with any crime, and through his lawyer he has denied providing nuclear secrets to China or anyone else. China has also denied spying or stealing U.S. nuclear secrets. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(15 of17)
Open Image ModalDuring WWII mail to Los Alamos residents was simply addressed to P.O. Box 1663, Sante Fe, New Mexico. When the Manhattan project\'s existence was made known to the outside world in 1945, the \'secret city\' could use the Los Alamos post mark. The post office opened in it\'s present location in November, 1948. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(16 of17)
Open Image ModalA sign greets vistors as they arrive on the Los Alamos National Laboratory campus June 14, 1999. The Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. Allegations of espionage, from within Los Alamos National Laboratory, hit the headlines in March 1999 when scientist Wen Ho Lee was fired from the lab in New Mexico amid suspicions he passed classified information to China. He has not been charged with any crime, and through his lawyer he has denied providing nuclear secrets to China or anyone else. China has also denied spying or stealing U.S. nuclear secrets. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico(17 of17)
Open Image ModalThe Los Alamos Laboratory and the town of Los Alamos June 14, 1999. The Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. Allegations of espionage, from within Los Alamos National Laboratory, hit the headlines in March 1999 when scientist Wen Ho Lee was fired from the lab in New Mexico amid suspicions he passed classified information to China. He has not been charged with any crime, and through his lawyer he has denied providing nuclear secrets to China or anyone else. China has also denied spying or stealing U.S. nuclear secrets. (photo by Joe Raedle) (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)