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NASA's Wallops Flight Facility: Rocket Launches from Virginia (Photos)

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Welcome to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island along the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Sounded in 1945, the center is NASA's home for sounding rockets and balloon science missions. But the facility also shares space with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a private launch site for rocket missions. Take a tour of some of Wallops' facilities and see some of the site's most dazzling launches in this SPACE.com slideshow.