May 23, 1969: Sandia Helps in Apollo Moon Program
The outstanding scientific achievement of the twentieth century will be placing a man on the moon. Sandia will have, so to speak, a small but important piece of the action.
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August 1, 1969: Labs Tested Nuclear Heaters Left on Moon by Apollo 11
Two cup-sized radioisotopic heaters analyzed and safety tested at Sandia Laboratories are part of the instrumentation left on the moon by astronauts of Apollo 11.
Family Day at Sandia
Family Day has been a part of Sandia culture since 1959, when 15,000 participants in New Mexico, 3,100 at the California laboratory and 300 from the Salton Sea Test Site came to Sandia sites to see where people performed important work for the nation.
A day in the life of Sandia — 70 years and counting
To mark the 70th anniversary of President Truman’s letter that inspired Sandia to “… exceptional service,” Lab News photographer Randy Montoya spent a full day chronicling the people and work that make the Labs hum from sun up to sundown.
A trajectory for fulfillment
For Sandia's Jasmine King-Bush, Black History Month is a time to look back at the giants on whose shoulders we now stand. Honoring our history is essential, she says, because success isn’t just a single plot point on a timeline. Rather, it’s a vector that can extend from the past into the future.
International Year of the Periodic Table
Proclaimed the “International Year of the Periodic Table” by the United Nations General Assembly and UNESCO, 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Dimitri Mendeleev’s publication of a periodic table that arranges the elements by atomic mass.
On Deterrence
On Deterrence
The top tweets of 2016
The top tweets of 2016
Good neighbors
Good neighbors: Sandia/California brings 60th anniversary into the community May 21
Cold War Warriors
Cold War Warriors: The story of Sandia’s decades in nuclear field testing