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NASA Wallops

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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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How are sounding rockets made? 🚀 At Wallops, we not only assemble and launch sounding rockets, but we also *custom make* about 150 parts for each one!

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Could you see auroras tonight? 👀 A solar eruption began its arrival at Earth this morning, sparking a geomagnetic storm that could mean dancing displays of northern (or southern) lights in your sky! Read NASA's tips for finding & photographing auroras: go.nasa.gov/3ZdsPxv

Could you see auroras tonight? 👀

A solar eruption began its arrival at Earth this morning, sparking a geomagnetic storm that could mean dancing displays of northern (or southern) lights in your sky! Read NASA's tips for finding & photographing auroras: go.nasa.gov/3ZdsPxv
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NASA's P-3 aircraft will fly from Wallops between June 22 and June 26 to collect data as a part of the NASA Student Airborne Research Program for undergraduate interns. The aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights near Philadelphia, Baltimore,

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Launch success! 🚀 A sounding rocket launched this morning at 5:30 a.m. EDT from Wallops carrying student experiments for the RockOn! mission. Photo Credit: NASA/Teik Araya

Launch success! 🚀 

A sounding rocket launched this morning at 5:30 a.m. EDT from Wallops carrying student experiments for the RockOn! mission.

Photo Credit: NASA/Teik Araya
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A heat dome brought high heat and humidity to the eastern U.S. this month. This map, made with satellite observations and GEOS model data, shows air temperatures at 2 meters (6.5 feet) above the ground on June 24. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154475/…

A heat dome brought high heat and humidity to the eastern U.S. this month.

This map, made with satellite observations and GEOS model data, shows air temperatures at 2 meters (6.5 feet) above the ground on June 24. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154475/…
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When the beach is your research laboratory 🏖️ 80 years ago #OTD: The first rocket launch from Wallops Island, Virginia. This 1945 event marked the dawn of the site's important role in aerospace research and exploration. More NASA Wallops history go.nasa.gov/4n0puMB

When the beach is your research laboratory 🏖️

80 years ago #OTD: The first rocket launch from Wallops Island, Virginia. This 1945 event marked the dawn of the site's important role in aerospace research and exploration. 

More <a href="/NASAWallops/">NASA Wallops</a> history go.nasa.gov/4n0puMB
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Two successful launches, and that’s a wrap! 🚀🚀 The two SEED mission rockets launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands on June 20 and June 28, reaching peak altitudes of 95 miles (153 kilometers) and 97 miles (157 km), respectively. Preliminary data suggest that

Two successful launches, and that’s a wrap! 🚀🚀
 
The two SEED mission rockets launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands on June 20 and June 28, reaching peak altitudes of 95 miles (153 kilometers) and 97 miles (157 km), respectively.
 
Preliminary data suggest that