Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is a multi-user spaceport and federal test range enhancing NASA’s East Coast launch operations under Kennedy Space Center. Wallops provides flexible, responsive, and cost-effective access to space and controlled airspace for government, commercial, and academic partners for small, medium, and intermediate launch vehicles.
Location
Wallops Island, Virginia
Founded
May 7, 1945
People
1,000+
Director
David Pierce
Kennedy space center & Wallops flight facility Leadership
Brian Hughes
Kennedy Space Center Director and Launch Operations
Burton Summerfield
Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director
David Pierce
Wallops Flight Facility Director
Wallops Launch Schedule
Check out the latest launches supported by the Eastern Range’s Wallops Spaceport
Learn More about Wallops Launch Schedule
Wallops Spaceport
Wallops provides customers access to space with a suite of institutional support.
Wallops Flight Facility
History
75 Years of Exploration and Technology Development
Since its first rocket launch on June 27, 1945
Wallops has grown from a small test range for guided missile research to supporting aerospace and science exploration and technology development world-wide as NASA’s premier location for suborbital and small orbital activities.
Wallops History about 75 Years of Exploration and Technology Development
Visit Wallops
Explore exhibits of spacecraft and technology at the Wallops Visitor Center in Wallops Island, Virginia.
Explore the Wallops Visitor Center about Visit Wallops
