Over a busy weekend in early May 1981, a method used by the ancient Egyptians to build the pyramids was used to move a massive piece of 20th century technology across the Lab grounds.
A Look Back
![Photo of Neil Armstrong](/sites/default/files/styles/news_item_image/public/2017-09/Armstrong.png?h=7a182659&itok=mLVB-QyJ)
In September 1981, legendary astronaut and first man on the moon Neil Armstrong visited Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the filming of a TV documentary on the U.S.
![Astronauts at the Nevada Test Site](/sites/default/files/styles/news_item_image/public/2018-02/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-21%20at%209.34.08%20AM.png?h=35021335&itok=qeILMY45)
In February 1965, Apollo astronauts paid a visit to the pockmarked desert of the Nevada Test Site as part of their lunar training.
![image of explosion and crater from Sudan event](/sites/default/files/styles/news_item_image/public/2017-09/Sudan.png?h=04ef9947&itok=vvoEamzB)
On July 6, 1962, the Sedan Event, the largest of the Project Plowshare experiments, was conducted at the Nevada Test Site. This 100-kiloton blast produced a crater approximately 1,200-feet-in-diameter, with a depth of 320 feet ...