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When it comes to making real-time decisions about unfamiliar data – say, choosing a path to hike up a mountain you’ve never scaled before – existing artificial intelligence and machine learning tech doesn’t come close to measuring up to human skill. That’s why NASA scientist John Moisan is developing an AI 'eye'.

Posted February 10, 2025

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Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Electrical Engineer Named NASA Goddard’s 2022 ‘Innovator of Year’

Scott Hesh, an electrical engineer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, was announced Nov. 2 as the FY22 IRAD Innovator of the Year, an award presented by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Posted February 10, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Wallops Flight Facility

John Moisan Studies the Ocean Through the ‘Eyes’ of AI

Name: John Moisan Formal Job Classification: Research oceanographer Organization: Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geophysics (HBG), Earth Science Directorate (Code 616) – duty station at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard?

Posted February 10, 2025

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Women's History Month

Shari Miller: Keeping the Mission and the Environment In Balance

Shari Miller, Wallops Flight Facility National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Manager and Wallops Natural Resources Manager, tracks the environmental impact of Wallops missions to promote mission success while also protecting Wallops Island's diverse ecosystems and wildlife.

Posted February 10, 2025

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NASA Wallops to Support January Sounding Rocket Launch

A suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from Monday, Jan. 13, through Thursday, Jan. 16. This launch supports the Missile Defense Agency, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment, and other Department of Defense organizations.

Posted January 10, 2025

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

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Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica’s icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine missions to near space. Launch operations will begin mid-December from the agency’s Long Duration Balloon camp located near the U.S.

Posted December 10, 2024

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Artemis Accords

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Wallops Flight Facility

NASA, Peru Agree to Study Potential Sounding Rocket Campaign

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA and Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) laid the groundwork for a potential multi-year scientific rocket launch campaign in the South American country.

Posted November 14, 2024

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U.S. Navy Fleet Training Launch to be Conducted at NASA Wallops

A rocket-propelled target is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window Thursday, Nov. 7 to Friday, Nov. 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST both days as part of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed […]

Posted November 5, 2024

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NASA Wallops to Support October Sounding Rocket Launch

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket for the U.S. Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT each day from Wednesday, Oct. 23 to Friday, Oct. 25. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch […]

Posted October 22, 2024

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NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket for the Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. EDT each day from Sept. 26 to 30. No real-time launch status updates will be available and the launch will not be livestreamed. […]

Posted September 25, 2024