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NASA Visitor Center Celebrating 30 Years
The public is invited to join in the 30th anniversary celebration of the NASA Visitor Center at the Wallops Flight Facility from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 28.
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NASA Successfully Tests Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph.
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NASA Hypersonic Inflatable Tech Test Now Set for Launch July 23
NASA managers are rescheduling the launch of an inflatable heat shield technology demonstration flight from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., until no earlier than Monday, July 23.
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Educators to Get Lift from Balloon Experience
High school educators from across the country will join with NASA July 23 -27 for an uplifting experience in conducting experiments using scientific balloons at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas.
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NASA Rocket Launch from Virginia Scheduled July 21
NASA will launch an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield technology demonstrator on a Black Brant XI sounding rocket July 21 from the agency’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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IRVE-3 Flight Hardware Test
The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3), the third in a series of suborbital flight tests of new spacecraft reentry technology, is scheduled to launch from the Wallops Flight Facility this summer.
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HI-C Sounding Rocket Mission Has Finest Mirrors Ever Made
On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona.
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SUMI Sounding Rocket Mission Launches Successfully
On July 5, NASA successfully launched SUMI, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fields in the sun's chromosphere.
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College Students Study the Earth From NASA's P-3B Flying Lab
More than 30 college students are immersed in NASA's Earth science research during the Student Airborne Research Program field experience at NASA.
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ISS Update with Bruce Manners
ISS Update commentator Josh Byerly interviews Bruce Manners, NASA COTS Project Executive, about Orbital Sciences, the Antares rocket and the Cygnus cargo module.
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Senator Barbara Mikulski Visits Wallops
Senator Barbara Mikulski, chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, visited NASA’s Wallops Facility in Virginia June 25 to receive an update on the status of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s new pad, from which the vehicle will launch.
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SDO/EVE Sounding Rocket Launches Successfully
Based on the quicklook realtime data, all of the rocket EVE instrument channels appear to have made excellent solar EUV irradiance measurements.
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NASA Sounding Rocket Launched June 21
Seventeen educational experiments launched June 21 on a Terrier- Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from NASA’s Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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NASA Sounding Rocket Launch from New Mexico
NASA will launch a University of Colorado experiment to image the sun on a NASA two-stage Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket at 1:00 p.m. MDT (3 p.m. EDT) June 23 from the White Sands Missile Range, N. M.
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NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled June 21
Seventeen educational experiments will fly June 21 on a Terrier- Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from NASA’s Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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Rocket Week Launching at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
Students and educators from across the country will experience what it is like to be a rocket scientist during "Rocket Week," June 16–22, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Bird Rest Stops To Be Tracked by NASA Rain Radar
Ground radar set up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to validate satellite rain measurements will do double duty for The Nature Conservancy as a tool to track migratory birds.
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NASA/Nature Conservancy Agreement Supports Precipitation/Migratory Bird Research
NASA and The Nature Conservancy have joined forces to support the ability to measure precipitation on a global scale while also understanding migratory bird habitats on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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NASA Visitor Center Offering Venus Transit Viewing
The NASA Visitor Center at the Wallops Flight Facility will be open 5 to 8 p.m., June 5, for the only opportunity until the next century to see the Venus transit of the Sun.
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NASA Administrator Visits Wallops
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden receives an update on the development status of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo carrier May 17 at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.