Three missile launch buildings mark the former Atlas missile site No. 3, east of Cheyenne. Site No. 3 is one of several former Atlas facilities around Cheyenne that contaminated groundwater with ...

WILSON, Kan. (KSNW) — Imagine exploring a relic of the Cold War in central Kansas. Now, you don’t have to imagine it. You can spend the night in a decommissioned Atlas Missile site in ...

You can spend the night in a decommissioned Atlas Missile site in Ellsworth County. During the 1950s, the U.S. government spent billions on bolstering our military defense against Russian communism.

The first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was the Atlas, a 75-ft-long, 10-ft-dia, 130-ton weapon. An ENR reporter visited the first Atlas missile site during construction at Vandenberg Air ...

OPLIN, Texas — During the height of the Cold War, twelve Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile silos were built in the Big Country, all surrounding Dyess Airforce Base. Built to withstand a ...

The ranch, a renovated Atlas missile silo that is is used as a vacation rental experience, will be hosting tours of the facility during the 2024 Big Kansas Road Trip in May.

If you missed out on the first two missile silos that recently came on the market in Nebraska, you're in luck. There's now a third missile silo up for sale in the state. And someone interested in ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The arching frame of a steel gate towering over the rolling prairie 20 miles east of Cheyenne was once the first line of defense for a Cold ...

The U.S. government decommissioned the Atlas-F sites in 1965. While operational, the missile itself was in a vertical silo that was connected by a 40-foot tunnel to an adjoining control center ...