New Mexico finally achieved statehood in 1912, becoming the forty-seventh star on the US flag. In the years that followed, New Mexico became the birthplace of the atomic age and one of the most significant contributors in the development of rocketry and the space program. For many years after World War II, New Mexico grew at meteoric rates, forever changing the character of the state. Take a look at the history of modern New Mexico.
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