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Rocket with NASA experiments explodes off Wallops Island
Chicago Tribune
- Aug 22, 2008
... rocket carrying two experiments conducted by NASA was destroyed Friday morning by range safety officials shortly after launch on Wallops Island. ...

NASA Team to Investigate Launch Failure
An Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday, Aug. 22. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported.

Wallops Flight Facility
Established in 1945, Wallops Flight Facility, one of the oldest launch sites in the world, is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Wallops Island Wiki
Wallops Island is a 6 square mile (15.5 km²) island off the east coast of Virginia, part of the barrier islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of ...

NASA - Wallops Flight Facility
An Orion Rocket on the pad at Wallops Flight Facility. ... during a workshop June 22 - 27 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. ...

NASA and ATK to Launch Suborbital Hypersonic Experiments
MarketWatch
- Aug 19, 2008
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Aug 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Two NASA hypersonic experiment payloads are scheduled for launch no earlier than Aug ...

ARTEMIS Sees All
SatNews Publishers, USA
- Aug 21, 2008
Coming to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia is a first — the Tactical Satellite-3 mission is scheduled to demonstrate rapid data ...