Posts Tagged ‘Wallops Flight Facility’
UPDATED: Wallops Flight Facility Launches 3 Sounding Rockets During Solar Eclipse
UPDATED – 04/08/24 – 4:45pm – Three sounding rockets were launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this afternoon – during the solar eclipse. One was launched around 2:40pm,…
Read MoreDouble Header Launch from Wallops Flight Facility Wednesday Morning
UPDATED: First Rocket Lab’s 1st US Launch from Wallops Flight Facility Tuesday Evening
01/24/23 – 6pm – Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket blasted off from the Wallops Flight Facility at 6pm. This is their first launch from US soil – after 32 launches from…
Read MoreAntares Lifts Off from the Wallops Flight Facility
After a day’s delay, an Antares rocket lifted off from the Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia just after 5:30 this morning. The Cygnus cargo ship, the…
Read MoreUPDATED: SCRUBBED – Antares Resupply Mission Lift Off from Wallops Rescheduled to Early Monday Morning
UPDATED 11/06/22 5:40am – This morning’s launch of the Antares has been scrubbed because of a fire alarm going on in the Northrop Grumman Dulles facility, which has caused an…
Read MoreWallops Launch Leaves A Glow In The Sky
People across Delmarva were captivated by a glow in the sky Wednesday evening. As it turns out, it was the result of a launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility on…
Read MoreAntares Cygnus Successfully Launches At Wallops
It was a successful launch at NASA Wallops Flight Facility Saturday, as Northrop Grumman’s Antares vehicle, carrying the Cygnus Spacecraft, lifted off on its way to the International Space Station.…
Read MoreHappy 75th Anniversary Wallops Flight Facility!
Headed to the International Space Station – from Virginia
7400 pounds of science, supplies and hardware is on its way to the International Space Station. An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies lifted off from the…
Read MoreASPIRE Launch from Wallops Successful
NASA had a successful launch Saturday morning. ASPIRE is the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment and NASA was testing a parachute for possible future missions to Mars. The parachute…
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