November 24, 2012
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NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Goddard Space Flight Center
The main base of the Wallops Flight Facility is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, approximately 5 miles west of Chincoteague Island.
Established in 1945 under NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Wallops is one of the oldest launch sites in the world. Support of scientific research and orbital and suborbital payloads places it at the center of NASA’s space and earth sciences.
WFF consists of three separate parcels of property totaling 6,200 acres which include the Main Base, the Mainland, and the Wallops Island Launch Site. The Mainland and the Wallops Island Launch Site are approximately 7 miles southeast of the Main Base.
