Currently Reading: Wallops Island

NASA, the US Navy, and Eastern Shore Robotics are sponsoring the 20th Annual FIRST Robotics Kickoff Event this Saturday, January 3 at Wallops Island, providing area students with a first glimpse at the 2015 Robotic Challenge. Continue reading →

Look to the skies tonight, more specifically around 7:30 pm, to catch a glimpse of the rocket launch. An Air Force Minotaur I rocket is scheduled to lift-off tonight, November 19, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. This is the second … Continue reading →

On one of Virginia’s small barrier islands, a NASA facility that operates in relative obscurity outside scientific circles, is preparing to be thrust into the spotlight on Wednesday April 17th when Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to conduct the first test … Continue reading →

Forget those images of summer camps firmly emblazoned in our minds thanks to countless movies featuring kids run amuck at some nameless lake, while stereotypical counselors lose control, and those same kids write letters home begging to leave. Hollywood’s version … Continue reading →