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New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ^ⓘ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, and bordering Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain.

New Mexico is the fifth largest by area of the fifty states, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks 36th in population and 46th in population density. Its climate and geography are highly varied, ranging from forested mountains to sparse deserts; the northern and eastern regions exhibit a colder alpine climate, while the west and south are warmer and more arid. The Rio Grande and its fertile valley runs from north-to-south, creating a riparian climate through the center of the state that supports a bosque habitat and distinct Albuquerque Basin climate. One–third of New Mexico's land is federally owned, and the state hosts many protected wilderness areas and national monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most of any U.S. state.

New Mexico's economy is highly diversified, including cattle ranching, agriculture, lumber, scientific and technological research, tourism, and the arts, especially textiles and visual arts. Major sectors include mining, oil and gas, aerospace, media, and film. Its total gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 was $95.73 billion, with a GDP per capita of roughly $46,300. State tax policy is characterized by low to moderate taxation of resident personal income by national standards, with tax credits, exemptions, and special considerations for military personnel and favorable industries. Due to its large area and economic climate, New Mexico has a significant U.S. military presence, including White Sands Missile Range, and strategically valuable federal research centers, such as the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The state hosted several key facilities of the Manhattan Project, which developed the world's first atomic bomb, and was the site of the first nuclear test, Trinity. (Full article...)

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Edward Condon at NIST (c. 1945-1951)

Edward Uhler Condon (March 2, 1902 – March 26, 1974) was an American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant during World War II in the development of radar and, very briefly, of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him.

He was the director of the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) from 1945 to 1951. In 1946, Condon was president of the American Physical Society, and in 1953 was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Full article...)

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Schmitt in 1971

Harrison Hagan Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.

In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan). Schmitt also remains the only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon. He was influential within the community of geologists supporting the Apollo program and, before starting his own preparations for an Apollo mission, had been one of the scientists training those Apollo astronauts chosen to visit the lunar surface. (Full article...)

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Image 1Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 2Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 3Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 4Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 5Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 6Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 7"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 8A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 9President William Howard Taft at his desk in the Oval Office, signing the statehood bill for New Mexico on January 6, 1912. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 10Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 11Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 12Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)

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Image 14An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 15The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 16San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 17Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 18Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 19Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 20Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 21The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 22New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 23Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 24Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 25Tierra O Muerte – Land or Death. Some New Mexicans express dissatisfaction over land grant issues which date back to the Mexican War. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 26Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
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Image 27The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 28Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 29Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 30A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 31New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 32In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 33José Rafael Aragón, Crucifix, ca. 1795–1862, Brooklyn Museum, From about 1750, Catholic churches in Spanish New Mexico were increasingly decorated with the work of native craftspeople rather than with paintings, sculpture, and furniture imported from Europe. This small santo (religious image) is typical of the locally produced objects. It is made of indigenous pine and painted with water-based pigments used by native artisans. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 34Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 35Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 36Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 37Statue of Popé, leader of the Pueblo Revolt. The statue, entitled Po'pay, is among two statues depicting New Mexicans at the United States Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection, the other being Dennis Chávez. (from New Mexico)
Image 38Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 39The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 40Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 41Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 42Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 43New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 44Symbols of the Southwest: a string of dried chile pepper pods (a ristra) and a bleached white cow's skull hang in a market near Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 45White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 461867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 47The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)

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... that an NFL scheduling decision forced ESPN to change the kickoff times and television networks of the 2022 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2022 New Mexico Bowl?
... that a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in New Mexico?
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?
... that in an 1854 war with the Jicarilla, William S. Messervy, the acting governor of the New Mexico Territory, desired either "their extinction or their settlement in pueblos"?
... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station KCLV?
... that Roswell, New Mexico, radio station KBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits?

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