Jun. 22 – Wallops Flight Facility 70th Anniversary

June 27, 2015, marks the 70th Anniversary of the first launch ever from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Since then, the men and women of Wallops have launched literally thousands of rockets, hundreds of scientific balloons, and have logged thousands of flight hours in support of scientific investigations around the world. Wallops, its commercial partners, and the Eastern Shore community will celebrate the facility’s 70th Anniversary with an Open House, free and open to the public, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 27.

The open house web site is http://www.nasa.gov/content/wallops-flight-facility-70th-anniversary