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NASA Update WIRA Q2 April 12 2016
- 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Flight Facility Bruce Underwood, Deputy Director April 12, 2016
- 2. Watching and waiting in New Zealand - Around-the-world mission is flight ready in New Zealand - Potential for 100-day mission; will be a scientific game- changer - Awaiting “launchable” weather
- 3. Spring 2015 Flight Path
- 4. Airborne Science - 3 Major Upcoming Science Campaigns - Atmospheric Carbon and Transport-America (ACT- America) - North Atlantic Aerosols & Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) - ObseRvations of Aerosols Above Clouds and Their IntEractionS (ORACLES) ORACLES
- 5. Sounding Rockets - 14 flights planned in 2016 - 2 local launches conducted in March - Next launch: June 23 (RockOn) - Last week, we awarded $199.5 million contact to Orbital ATK
- 6. Peregrine Rocket Motor Test
- 7. New Opportunity? Triton - Navy’s new program for providing persistent maritime surveillance - Wallops is supporting the Navy’s environmental planning as a potential basing site
- 8. Inspiring the Next Generation STEM Takes Flight held at Wallops April 6-8
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- ACT-America: Measuring Carbon in the atmosphere over eastern U.S. (Penn State, CO State, LaRC) – April-Oct. NAAMES: Impact of cloud-based aerosols on climate (Oregan State & LaRC) – May/June - ORACLES: Study of burning biomass over Africa (ARC & LaRC) – June-Oct.
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- TRITON INFO GOES HERE
- It is getting to be that time of year when we have lots of students and interns on our facility. It’s an exciting time because we get to see the spark of excitement and amazement in those students’ eyes. Last week, we held STEM Takes Flight, a program for Community College Students funded by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The students are currently participating in a pilot GIS Service Learning online course offered by Thomas Nelson Community College. The students are collecting Near Infrared and HD near infrared imagery and true color imagery using Phantom 2 and Phantom 3 quad-copters. We are expecting to have approximately 30 interns on the facility this summer. In addition, we’ll have about 120 high school students from Virginia on site as part of the Virginia Space Coast Scholars. This is an educational opportunity provided by the Virginia General Assembly. It has proven to be a great platform for students to springboard their STEM careers. CONCLUSION: I think she shows the breadth of missions we have at Wallops. And to conclude, I’d like to show you video of a recent motor burn taken from a quadcopter similar to this.