LAUNCH ALERT ? We're launching another sounding rocket tomorrow at 8 am ET carrying 40 student experiments. For those in the Delmarva region, weather permitting, you could catch a glimpse of the Terrier Improved Orion in the sky. ? Tune in tomorrow: https://t.co/KjQlf85AZM pic.twitter.com/9YWN3dPZJy — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) June 23, 2021 Keith’s note: This tweet was posted around 1:00 pm EDT on 23 June. The launch is scheduled for the […]

Media Accreditation Open for Minotaur I Rocket Launch June 15 from NASA Wallops “Media must apply for accreditation by 4 p.m. Friday, May 28, by sending a request to Keith Koehler at …” Keith’s note: Yesterday I stumbled across a media advisory for media accreditation from NASA Wallops for a launch via someone’s Facebook page. It is posted by NASA here: Media Accreditation Open for Minotaur I Rocket Launch June […]

Rocket Lab Opens Launch Complex 2, Confirms U.S. Air Force Payload as First Electron Mission from U.S. Soil, RocketLab “Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. launch site, and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site will be a dedicated flight for the U.S. Air Force. Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Rocket […]

Wallops is excited and proud to welcome @RocketLab to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Have a question? Use #AskAboutLC2 or watch live: https://t.co/YsAyesMVkz — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) October 17, 2018 Keith’s note: Great commercial space news. RocketLab is coming to NASA Wallops in Virginia to do commercial space launches. You’d think that all parties involved would want as much media present as possible – especially Virginia-based space media (like NASAWatch). Guess […]

Potential Reduction At Wallops Flight Facility, WBOC “Goddard Space Flight Center said they are evaluating opportunities to streamline and improve the relationship between the center’s in Greenbelt, Maryland and Wallops Island. Goddard told WBOC today in a statement, “The importance of a synergistic relationship between the two campuses is vital to the future of each campus and Goddard Space Flight Center as a whole.” Bale is disappointed that Goddard is […]

Keith’s note: A few moments ago NASA Wallops completed a webcast. The audio and video were not in synch, video was jittery, and they had bad microphone issues. One might get the impression that Wallops PAO has never done a webcast before. Someone needs to buy them more bandwidth or better hardware. They also need to practice doing these things and write down their audio/video settings. Their mics were constantly […]

BETTII Balloon Mission Ends in Failure “At the conclusion of the mission Friday, June 9, NASA conducted an analysis of atmospheric conditions and a survey of the operational area as part of a safety analysis in preparation for flight termination. Once the balloon reached a safe flight termination area, characterized by sparse population but still relatively accessible via roads, flight controllers at CSBF sent flight termination commands to separate the […]

Orbital ATK Successfully Launches the Antares Rocket on its Return to Flight (with video), SpaceRef “In a successful return to flight, Orbital ATK launched the upgraded Antares rocket with the Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch scheduled for 7:40 pm EDT (2340 GMT) was delayed briefly due to a minor engine anomaly. Mission launch control cleared the rocket to launch which it did […]

Orbital ATK Conducts Test of Antares First Stage (with video) “Orbital ATK today announced it conducted a full-power “hot fire” test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines. The 30-second test took place at 5:30 p.m. (EDT) on May 31, 2016 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0A. Initial indications are that the test was fully successful. The […]

Accomack Supervisors Blasted With Issues, Eastern Shore Post “The rocket that malfunctioned at Wallops Island in October 2014 showed a grim picture of what could happen to nearby landowners. NASA’s blast zone is worrying those who reside inside, people whose families have lived on the farms for generations. Some are scared of property damage while others are wondering just how the designation will shape their future. “It ought to be […]