Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility provides agile, low-cost flight and launch range services to meet government and commercial sector needs for accessing flight regimes worldwide from the Earth’s surface to the moon and beyond.
Location
Wallops Island, Virginia
Founded
May 7, 1945
People
1,000+
Director
David Pierce
Latest Wallops News
Wallops Launch Schedule
Check out the latest launches supported by Wallops.
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Wallops Blog
For the latest on mission updates from sounding rockets, scientific balloons and the Wallops Range.
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What We Do at Wallops
Wallops provides many different suborbital platforms for science and technology research.
Offices at Wallops
Safety and Mission Assurance Division
The Wallops Safety and Mission Assurance Division creates and uses NASA safety policies at Wallops.
Visit Wallops
Explore exhibits of spacecraft and technology at the Wallops Visitor Center in Wallops Island, Virginia.
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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
Information for the Wallops Island Area Residents
Latest on PFAS at Wallops
Wallops, in collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, is conducting testing of the facility's groundwater monitoring and drinking water wells for the presence of PFAS.
Field Carrier Landing Practice at Wallops
The U.S. Navy's Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at Wallops provides naval aviators critical, real-world training before landing on an aircraft carrier.
Drone Guidance for Launches
Drone operators are being urged to exercise caution if using their aircraft to view the Antares rocket launch and avoid flying over the public and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility property.
