NASA's Wallops Flight Facility from the Air
An aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, on the U.S. East Coast.
NASA Sounding Rocket: Inside Launch Control
This image shows a look inside the Wallops Flight Facility Launch Control for a sounding rocket launch on Jan. 29, 2013, from Wallops Island, Va. [More Sounding Rocket Launch Photos]
Ribbon cutting for HIF Wallops Facility
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden cut the ribbon at the new Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Is., Va., in March 2011. [Full Story]
Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment Launch
The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) was launched by sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Monday, July 23, 2012, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. [More photos of inflatable heat sheild concepts]
NASA Launches Astronaut Escape Ship in Test
The Max Launch Abort System, an astronaut escape ship alternative to NASA's tower-based choice on the Orion vehicles, launched at 6:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2009 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. [See more photos of the awesome test]
Ascent: NASA Sounding Rocket Soars Spaceward, Jan. 29, 2013
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. [More Sounding Rocket Launch Photos]
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility from the Air
An aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, on the U.S. East Coast.
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