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NASA Invites Media to Eclipse Mission Sounding Rocket Media Day - NASA
Media are invited to apply for accreditation to attend a pre-launch media day to learn about a sounding rocket mission set to launch from Virginia's EasternNASA
NRO Mission Launches from NASA Wallops on Electron Rocket - NASA
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’sJamie Adkins (NASA)
NASA Wallops Supports Rocket Lab Launch for NRO From Virginia - NASA
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.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
NASA Wallops Offers Career Inspiration to Delmarva Students - NASA
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 toOlivia F. Littleton (NASA)
GUSTO Breaks NASA Scientific Balloon Record for Days in Flight - NASA
Fifty-five days, one hour, and 34 minutes was the NASA record to beat, and the GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)Olivia F. Littleton (NASA)
GUSTO Balloon Mission Maintains Course Circling Antarctic Skies - NASA
High above the icy landscape of Earth’s southernmost continent, the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) scientific balloonNASA
NASA’s Wallops C-130 Plays Vital Role in Successful Parachute Airdrop Test - NASA
NASA’s C-130 Hercules, managed at Wallops Flight Facility’s Aircraft Office in Virginia, provided aerial delivery support for a successful commercial crewNASA
NASA Wallops Signs Space Act Agreement to Support STEM Outreach - NASA
Earlier this year, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of aAmy Barra (NASA)
NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica - NASA
NASA kicks off its annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign around Dec. 1, which includes three scientific balloon flights planned for launch from theOlivia F. Littleton (NASA)
NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica - NASA
NASA kicks off its annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign around Dec. 1, which includes three scientific balloon flights planned for launch from theOlivia F. Littleton (NASA)
NASA Wallops Supports Hypersonic Rocket Launches - NASA
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two suborbital sounding rockets on Nov. 15, 2023, for Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), and theAmy Barra (NASA)
NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launches - NASA
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 windowAmy Barra (NASA)
NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Alaskan Aurora - NASA
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's DISSIPATION mission.NASA
NASA C-130 Makes First-Ever Flight to Antarctica for GUSTO Balloon Mission - NASA
On Oct. 28, 2023, NASA’s C-130 Hercules and crew safely touched down at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after an around-the-globe journey toOlivia F. Littleton (NASA)
NASA Retires UHF SmallSat Tracking Site Ops at Wallops - NASA
On Sept. 30, 2023, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility marked the formal conclusion of the Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Small Satellite (SmallSat) TrackingOlivia F. Littleton (NASA)
To Study Atmosphere, NASA Rockets Will Fly into Oct. Eclipse’s Shadow
A NASA sounding rocket mission will launch three rockets during the 2023 annular eclipse in October to study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere.Miles Hatfield (NASA)