NASA launch scrubbed again
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WTVR) – Bad weather again contributed to the scrubbing of a science mission being launched from the NASA facility on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore. Early Friday morning the...
View ArticleVirginia’s Wallops Flight Test Facility launches research sounding rocket...
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – More than a hundred students and teachers gathered early Thursday morning, June 21, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Test Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore to watch their experiments...
View ArticleVirginia takes the stage in commercial space flight
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The biggest rocket ever launched from Virginia is slated to take off next week from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore. Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to launch...
View ArticleAntares rocket launches from Wallops Island
ATLANTIC, Va. (WTVR) – The biggest rocket ever launched from Virginia blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore on Sunday around 5 p.m. The test rocket for Orbital Sciences...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Rocket blasts off from Eastern Shore
UPDATE: Antares rocket successfully blasts off from NASA’s Wallops Island facility after several delays
View ArticleNASA’s HS3 Mission aircraft will double-team from Virginia during the 2013...
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (NASA WALLOPS) – During this year’s hurricane season NASA will “double-team” on research with two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft winging their way over storms that develop during the...
View ArticleNASA launches a student research rocket from Wallops this morning
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – University students and their instructors are now rocket scientists! A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying experiments developed by students from...
View ArticleVirginia will connect with the International Space Station in September 2013
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Virginia will take its place in American space history in September, as Orbital Sciences plans to launch its Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA’s...
View ArticleHurricane research flights begin from Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The first flight of the Hurricane and Storm Sentinel Mission (called “HS3″ for short) began Tuesday, August 20, 2013, and continued into Wednesday, August 21. CLICK HERE to...
View ArticlePublic viewing sites for NASA LADEE Moon Mission from Wallops
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. (NASA WALLOPS) — Residents and visitors for the launch of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), scheduled to lift-off at 11:27 p.m. EDT, Sept. 6,...
View ArticleSave the date! Rocket launch from Wallops November 19
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Save the date to see a rocket launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Tuesday, November 19. The next launch’s light should be easy to spot from central Virginia. It is...
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