Wallops History – Launching Excellence Through the Years (2010) “Established in 1945 under NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) … Wallops launched its first rocket on July 4, 1945. Since then, we have fulfilled our mission with the launch of more than 14,000 rockets.” Wallops Island – 60 Years of Exploration (2005) “Since 1945, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has launched more than 15,000 rockets from Wallops Island […]

Suborbital Rocket Launches From NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, NASA “A Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital rocket carrying experiments developed by university students nationwide in the RockSat-X program was successfully launched at 6 a.m. EDT, August 13, from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.”

NASA Sounding Rocket Launch Successful Next Scheduled for June 24, OnOrbit “Following the successful launch today, June 20, of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket, launch teams are now preparing for a two-rocket salvo June 24 from the Wallops Flight Facility, Va. Live coverage of the launch is available via UStream beginning at 8:30 a.m. on launch day.”