Reaching Farther. Presented by Bruce Underwood, Deputy Director at NASA Wallops Flight Facility

1. National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Wallops 2016 Preview
Bruce Underwood, Deputy Director
Jan. 12, 2016

2. Sounding Rockets in 2016
- 17 launches
currently planned
(seven launching
from WFF; others
from White Sands)
- Missions supported
include education,
heliophysics, DOD,
astrophysics, and
technology
demonstrations

3. Scientific Balloons in 2016
- Two mission operations
underway now in
Antarctica
- One around the world
balloon flight launching
from New Zealand in April
- Six flights from Fort
Sumner, NM
- Up to three flights from
Palestine, TX

4. Airborne Science in 2016
- Three Earth Venture
missions scheduled: ACT-
America (central and
eastern U.S.); NAAMES
(Newfoundland);
ORACLES (Africa)
- Long-awaited return of our
P-3B with new wings,
propellers

5. Construction in 2016
- Nearly $60M in
construction underway
- Mission Launch
Command Center
- Wallops Island Fire
Station
- Main base runway
construction

6. Return to flight in 2016
- Antares integration underway in HIF
- WFF range will support a hot fire test Spring 2016
- Return to flight currently scheduled May/June timeframe
- Follow-on cargo resupply contract announcement

7. Special Projects and Opportunities in 2016
- Low-Density Supersonic
Decelerator
- IceCube and HaloSat
- Summer internships at
WFF; go to:
intern.nasa.gov
- New Educator Resource
Center up and running—
spread the word
- MACRI strategic planning
session in Spring
- Upcoming UAS summit
- Science on the Shore
events (FCLP featured
tonight at 5 p.m.)
- Astronomy night Jan. 15