White Sands
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White Sands may refer to:
- White Sands, New MexicoWhite Sands, New MexicoWhite Sands is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, United States - White Sands Missile RangeWhite Sands Missile RangeWhite Sands Missile Range is a rocket range of almost in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military installation in the United States, WSMR includes the and the WSMR Otera Mesa bombing range...
, formerly the White Sands Proving Ground, a military installation in New Mexico hosting:- White Sands Test Center, operated by the United States Army
- White Sands Test FacilityWhite Sands Test FacilityWhite Sands Test Facility is a U.S. government rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. NASA established WSTF on the White Sands Missile Range in 1963...
, operated by NASA, and including:- White Sands Space HarborWhite Sands Space HarborWhite Sands Space Harbor is the primary training area used by NASA for Space Shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and T-38 Talon aircraft. Its runways, navigational aids, runway lighting, and control facilities also stand continuously ready as a...
- White Sands Space Harbor
- White Sands National MonumentWhite Sands National MonumentThe White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about southwest of Alamogordo in western Otero County and northeastern Dona Ana County in the state of New Mexico, at an elevation of 4235 feet...
, adjacent to missile range - WhitesandsWhitesandsWhitesands or White Sands is a town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Located on the northeast side of the island near Sulphur Bay, the area is a center of the indigenous Whitesands language and the John Frum cargo cult. It is a growing tourist destination....
, a town in Vanuatu - White Sands Shopping CentreWhite Sands Shopping CentreWhite Sands Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in Pasir Ris, Singapore next to Pasir Ris MRT Station as well as the Pasir Ris Bus Interchange...
, in Pasir Ris, Singapore - White Sands, AlbertaWhite Sands, AlbertaWhite Sands is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of Stettler and east of the Summer Village of Rochon Sands and Rochon Sands Provincial Park....
, Canada, a summer village in Stettler County - White Sands (film)White Sands (film)White Sands is a 1992 motion picture directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Daniel Pyne for Warner Bros. The movie is about a U.S. southwestern small-town sheriff who finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation...
, a 1992 Warner Bros. motion picture directed by Roger Donaldson