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49 th  Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium March 30, 2011 Bill Wrobel Director, Wallops Flight Facility Activities at  Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops 6000 Acre Campus Main Base Wallops Island
Wallops History ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Wallops Role ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sounding Rockets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Exoplanet Finding using Sounding Rockets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scientific Balloons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Balloon Program Legacy ,[object Object],TRACER BOOMERANG TIGER  / ANITA CREAM InFOCuS BLAST FIREBall AESOP Sunrise
New Balloon Technologies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Super  Pressure Balloon Test Flight (1/2011)
Airborne Science ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Unmanned Aerial Systems - Big & Small ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Small Satellites ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Supersonic Inflatable Aeroshell Demonstrator (SIAD) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Supersonic Inflatable Aeroshell Demonstrator (SIAD)
ORS-1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Lunar Atmosphere Dust Experiment Explorer (LADEE) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Explorer (LADEE)
Taurus II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Taurus II & ISS Resupply
Horizontal Integration Facility
Pad 0A Medium-Class ELV Launch Complex

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