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Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

In 2026, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility transitioned under the management of the agency’s Kennedy Space Center to unify and strengthen the nation’s launch capabilities. Under NASA Kennedy’s operational leadership, NASA Wallops now serves as an extension of the Eastern Range, specializing as a premier launch destination for small, medium, and intermediate-lift launch vehicles. By leveraging NASA Kennedy’s expertise in managing a multi-user spaceport, NASA Wallops will partner with commercial industry, Virginia Spaceport Authority, and the Department of War to accelerate the launch cadence at NASA Wallopss

This collaborative approach embraces an “enabling science through commercialization” strategy, ensuring that booming commercial launch demands drive the infrastructure and innovation needed to support NASA’s scientific and exploration missions. Ultimately, this new chapter transforms Wallops into a highly responsive, competitive spaceport that expands access to space, strengthens national security, and fuels economic growth to launch the next era of American space leadership.

Wallops Range Capabilities

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility is NASA's only owned and operated launch range.

A large control room with wide screen of monitors with different views. There are three rows of desks, all with monitors at each station. There is another row of desks with monitors toward the bottom of the image. People are stationed throughout the control center.

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Aerial view looking south to north of Wallops Island, Virginia, showing the launch range.

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Wallops Range Weather Office

Get the latest launch weather updates for the local Wallops area from the Wallops Range Weather Office.

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The Antares rocket stands on the pad, silhouetted against an heavily overcast sky.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen at sunrise on Pad-0A, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-13 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first African American astronaut, Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and is scheduled to launch at 3:43pm EST. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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