Black Mesa Test Range

Black Mesa Test Range

Black Mesa is a rocket testing facility of the US Army in Utah. [cite web | url = http://www.wsmr.army.mil/pao/FactSheets/chrono.htm | title = Area and Missile Range Chronology | publisher = U.S. Army] Many rockets of the Pershing type have been launched for testing from Black Mesa between 1963 and 1971.

Cultural References

Black Mesa is well known from the computer game Half-Life and its expansions. These games mostly take place in the Black Mesa Research Facility, a secret, "Area 51-style" laboratory located partly underground. However, that installation is located in New Mexico instead.

References

External links

* http://www.astronautix.com/sites/blakmesa.htm


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