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Launch updates from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility supported missions.

    NASA’s TOMEX+ Rocket to Track Turbulence at Edge of Space

    The Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or TOMEX+, is a NASA sounding rocket mission that will investigate one of Earth’s most turbulent atmospheric regions — the mesopause. Led by principal investigator Jim Clemmons, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Hampshire, TOMEX+ will open its launch window from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]

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    NASA Wallops Flight Facility Rocket to Carry University Student Experiments

    "A group of people gathered in front of a sounding rocket in an assembly facility. The silver and red rocket stands vertically between support structures in a bright indoor space with white walls and yellow ceiling cables. University student team members wearing blue lab coats are positioned in group photo formation in front of the rocket."

    A sounding rocket carrying experiments developed by eight student teams is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, for the RockSat-X mission. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket is expected to reach an altitude of about 100 miles (162 kilometers) before descending by parachute into the Atlantic Ocean to be recovered. […]

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    NASA Wallops to Support Launch Operations

    Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

    A suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from July 9-19, 2025. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed.

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    NASA’s RockOn Student Mission to Launch June 26–29 From Virginia

    A series of circles show areas in the United States from where a sounding rocket launch may be viewed at different times during flight.

    A sounding rocket carrying dozens of student and faculty experiments will launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, as part of NASA’s RockOn and RockSat-C student flight programs. The annual student mission, “RockOn,” is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on a Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket. The launch window for the mission is 5:30–9:30 a.m. […]

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    NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch

    Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

    A suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from 1 June – 14 June, 2025. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed, and updates will not be provided during the countdown. The rocket launch may be visible from […]

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    NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launches

    Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

    Precision sounding rockets are scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from May 11-18, 2025.  No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed, and updates will not be provided during the countdown. The rocket launch may be visible from the Chesapeake Bay region.

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