National Security Science magazine | Issue The history issue

Building on its storied past, our Laboratory continues to push the envelope of what’s possible, making history every single day.

The Los Alamos Ranch School is acquired for “military purposes.”

Many public figures have toured the Lab, including several senior government officials.

Los Alamos National Laboratory has had three names in 77 years.

Nobel Laureate Carl David Anderson was the first person tapped to lead Project Y.

Twenty scientists with ties to Los Alamos have won Nobel Prizes.

What if an explosive could be switched on and off like a light?

A revolutionary update to the solid rocket engine will help solve a fast-growing satellite problem.

Relocating the Rocky Flats archive to Los Alamos ensures we will learn from history, not repeat it.

On July 16, 1945, Los Alamos scientists detonated the Gadget—the world’s first atomic bomb.