Aldébaran

1966 - Moruroa Atoll, French Polynesia

On July 2nd 1966 conducted its first atmospheric nuclear test over French Polynesia. At 5:34 am that day, Aldébaran, as the bomb was codenamed, was detonated from a barge anchored on a blue lagoon close to the atoll of Moruroa.

Aldébaran

Yield: 28 Kilotons
Location: Moruroa Atoll, French Polynesia
Date: December 27, 1966