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Poker Flat Campaign Preparations Underway

Sounding Rocket Technician works on attitude control system
Wallops Flight Facility's Sounding Rocket Program Office is hard at work testing payload systems in preparation for its January-February 2017 launch campaign from Poker Flat Research Range, located north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Wallops Flight Facility’s Sounding Rocket Program Office is hard at work testing payload systems in preparation for its January-February 2017 launch campaign from Poker Flat Research Range, located north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Pictured here, Terri Snyder, sounding rocket technician, monitors attitude control system flight maneuvers on an air-bearing during testing operations at Wallops’ Sounding Rocket Fabrication, Test and Evaluation shop. There are six sounding rockets scheduled to launch between January and February 2017 from Poker Flat. NASA/Berit Bland