NASA Wallops
@NASAWallops
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility is NASA's only owned and operated launch range. Located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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Wallops recently hosted an Industry Day, showcasing the spaceport and soliciting new and innovative ideas on how to expand capabilities at the facility.
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A frog photobombed a Moon mission 🐸🚀
Thirteen years ago this week, NASA’s LADEE launched (leaped?) from Wallops, the facility’s first mission to deep space. LADEE helped pave the way for @NASAArtemis by studying the lunar atmosphere and conditions near the surface.
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Liftoff! @NASARoman begins its flight to space. The Roman telescope’s wide field of view will generate never-before-seen images, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe.
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LIVE: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope experts give an overview of the mission's scientific objectives.
LIVE: It's eclipse day. Come watch with us.
Totality begins in Iceland at 1:45pm ET (1745 UTC) and in Spain at 2:28pm ET (1828 UTC).
Double the fun ☀️🌠
Both a total solar eclipse and the Perseids meteor shower will be visible from the ground today. No telescope needed! See how you can view these wondrous sights ⬇️
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Today: a total solar eclipse over Iceland and Spain.
NASA teams are studying the Sun’s corona and Earth’s atmosphere from inside the path of totality.
NASA's broadcast begins at 1:15 p.m. EDT on X @NASA and at Join us!
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🚀 Student projects take flight! 🎈
On July 1, 25 middle & high school experiments launched aboard a @worldviewspace high-altitude balloon as part of the fifth @NASA TechRise Student Challenge.
Check it out & pre-register now for next year’s challenge! 📚✨
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Launch, camera, action! 🎥
Grab some popcorn and settle in for some of our favorite videos from the last year, starring Goddard's science and engineering.
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The next launch attempt of Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket carrying LINK, Katalyst Space’s robotic servicing spacecraft to boost our Swift observatory, will be no earlier than July 3 at 4:35 a.m. ET. Get updates:
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Today’s launch of Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket carrying LINK, Katalyst Space’s robotic servicing spacecraft to boost our Swift observatory, has been postponed. Stay tuned for launch updates, and get the latest info:
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Today’s launch of Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket carrying LINK, Katalyst Space’s robotic servicing spacecraft to boost our Swift observatory, has been postponed. Next attempt will be no earlier than July 2 at 5:09 a.m. ET. Get updates:
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Are you ready for it?
Tomorrow, June 30, at 6:17 a.m. ET, Katalyst Space's robotic servicing spacecraft, LINK, is scheduled to launch on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll to begin its journey to meet and boost our Swift observatory. Stay tuned for updates!
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Congrats to our student teams! 🚀
NASA Wallops launched the RockSat sounding rocket carrying more than 50 student experiments to suborbital space Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
For the first time, NASA will launch two student missions on one sounding rocket!
The sounding rocket will launch Wednesday, June 24, with a window opening at 5:30 a.m. EDT. A livestream will be available on the Wallops YouTube channel. Stay tuned for our launch viewing map!
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