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NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled March 15, 2012
As part of a study of the upper level jet stream, Wallops is scheduled to launch five suborbital sounding rockets in just over five minutes on March 15.
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NASA Signs Agreement With Bermuda For Tracking Station
NASA and the government of Bermuda signed an agreement today to establish a temporary mobile tracking station on Cooper's Island to support launches from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia including future commercial missions.
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NASA Hosts Teleconference on Upcoming Launch of Five Rockets
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday March 7 to discuss the upcoming launch of five sounding rockets in just over five minutes that will illuminate almost the entire Atlantic Coast.
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NASA Seeking University Participants for Summer Rocket Workshop
University faculty and students are invited to join a weeklong workshop June 16-21 to learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment to space. Registration is open through May 1.
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NASA Science Aircraft to Travel the Globe in 2012
NASA's Airborne Science Program operates highly specialized aircraft that will be deployed all over the world in 2012 for Earth science missions.
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NASA Scientist Leads Student Phytoplankton Study
Dr. Tiffany Moisan has a passion for ocean sciences. Last year, she received an award that enabled her to bring students into the field for a hands-on learning experience.
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Facility Director Briefs Community on Wallops Future
Wallops Flight Facility Director Bill Wrobel presented a briefing on Wallops in 2012 and beyond to a full house of community members at the NASA Visitor Center on January 19.
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Airborne Campaign to Measure Falling Snow
NASA's DC-8 research plane will begin six weeks of flights over Canada next week in support of a difficult task of the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission -- measuring snowfall from space.
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NASA Rocket Successfully Launched January 11
A flight test of a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket was successfully conducted today from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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Sounding Rocket Launch Scheduled January 11
A flight test of a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled for January 11 from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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NASA Seeking Student Experiments For Balloon Flight
NASA Seeking Student Experiments For Balloon Flight
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Virginia Governor Visits Wallops Flight Facility
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell visited Wallops Flight Facility on October 17 to see development of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Taurus II launch vehicle.
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Department of Energy Recognizes Conservation Efforts at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is being recognized for its energy saving efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy with a special project poster for Energy Awareness Month in October.
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NASA Invites Twitter And Facebook Fans To A Tweetup At Wallops Flight Facility
NASA Invites Twitter And Facebook Fans To A Tweetup At Wallops Flight Facility
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NASA Wallops Conducting Emergency Response Exercise September 28
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will conduct an exercise to test the response and procedures to an aircraft accident on the facility’s airport from 9 a.m. to noon, September 28.
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Step in Space Station Commercial Re-Supply Accomplished
The cargo module for Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, arrived at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Aug. 23.
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Space Station Commercial Cargo Carrier Arriving at Wallops
The cargo module for Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, is scheduled to arrive at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Aug. 24.
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NASA Assessing Environmental Impacts For Wallops Flight Facility's Potential Future Operations
NASA is seeking public input in the preparation of an environmental study that will assess land use changes at its Wallops Flight Facility required to support current and potential future programs and missions supporting space programs with national importance and priority.
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Rocket Launch Completed from NASA Wallops
The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket was successfully conducted at 7:58 a.m. EDT today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled July 21
Four university developed experiments will fly July 21 on a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.