Wallops Flight Facility

NRO Mission Launches from NASA Wallops on Electron Rocket 

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the successful launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket at 3:25 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21, from Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.  The rocket carried three collaborative research missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Posted March 21, 2024

NASA Wallops Supports Rocket Lab Launch for NRO From Virginia

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will support commercial launch provider Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launch no earlier than March 21 at 2:40 a.m. EDT. The four-hour launch window runs through 6:30 a.m. The mission, named NROL-123, is a dedicated launch for NRO (National Reconnaissance Office).

Posted March 18, 2024

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STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Wallops Offers Career Inspiration to Delmarva Students

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, partners, and area employers joined forces on a mission to inspire more than 4,500 eighth-grade students seeking answers to all questions “career” at the 2024 Junior Achievement (JA) Inspire event.

Posted March 18, 2024

Scientific Balloons

Astrophysics Explorers Program

GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)

Wallops Flight Facility

GUSTO Breaks NASA Scientific Balloon Record for Days in Flight

Editor’s note: This story was updated to state that the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs oversees the U.S.

Posted February 26, 2024

Astrophysics Explorers Program

GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)

Scientific Balloons

Wallops Flight Facility

GUSTO Balloon Mission Maintains Course Circling Antarctic Skies

High above the icy landscape of Earth’s southernmost continent, the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) scientific balloon mission has been afloat for more than 15 days since its launch from McMurdo, Antarctica, on Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. local time (Dec. 31, 1:30 a.m. EST).

Posted January 17, 2024

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

NASA Aircraft

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA’s Wallops C-130 Plays Vital Role in Successful Parachute Airdrop Test

NASA’s C-130 Hercules, managed at Wallops Flight Facility’s Aircraft Office in Virginia, provided aerial delivery support for a successful commercial crew parachute airdrop test Jan. 9 at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

Posted January 12, 2024

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NASA Wallops Signs Space Act Agreement to Support STEM Outreach

Earlier this year, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of a new Space Act Agreement. This formal partnership provides outreach opportunities for youth, including a residential space adventure camp each summer.

Posted December 28, 2023

Scientific Balloons

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica

NASA kicks off its annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign around Dec. 1, which includes three scientific balloon flights planned for launch from the long-duration balloon (LDB) Camp near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Posted November 27, 2023

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NASA Wallops Supports Hypersonic Rocket Launches

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two suborbital sounding rockets on Nov.

Posted November 17, 2023

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Sounding Rockets

NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launches

Two sounding rockets are scheduled to launch for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch window is Nov. 15-17, 2023. No launch times will be provided. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launches will not be livestreamed. The rocket launches are expected to […]

Posted November 14, 2023