Wallops Space Flight Center

Northrup grumman s antares rocket is poised for launch at the nasa wallops test flight facility thursday oct.
Wallops space flight center. Nasa invites media public to watch cargo launch to space station environmental testing at wallops nasa wallops in collaboration with local state and federal agencies is conducting testing of the facility s groundwater monitoring and drinking water wells for the presence of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances pfas. Due to launch oct. The nasa goddard space flight center s wallops flight facility is a rocket launch site on the eastern shore of virginia. 31 from kennedy space center.
Excellent visitor center with lots of info on the nasa activities at wallops plus overall environmental info. Nice hands on activities for kids to learn. The name was changed to wallops flight facility in 1981 when it became part of goddard space flight center. Nasa s wallops flight facility is scheduled to launch a rocket thursday night that should be visible to the dmv as it climbs into the night sky.
The facility hopes to launch the 14th northrop. In the early years research at wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds. 1 2020 in wallops island va. A southwest research institute swri planetary scientist has been chosen to be among the first group to conduct nasa funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft the.
I d like to return to watch a rocket launch. The site includes the mid atlantic regional spaceport which can send off. In the early years research at wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds.