Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is a rocket launch site and research airport located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Established in 1945, it serves as NASA's primary location for suborbital research programs and supports science and exploration missions for various federal agencies and commercial organizations. WFF's capabilities include launching sounding rockets, small orbital rockets, high-altitude balloons, and conducting aeronautical research. It is NASA's only owned and operated launch range, supporting government and commercial needs for accessing various flight regimes.
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Launch pad activations for the three launch architectures are slated at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Wallops Flight Facility, and the Guiana Space Centre.
Katalyst Space LINK completed integration with Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket at NASA Wallops Flight Facility’s Horizontal Integration Facility in Virginia on June 15.
Northrop integrated Link with the Pegasus rocket and the Pegasus with its L-1011 carrier aircraft at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Launches supported by Wallops Flight Facility grew from 3 in 2020 to 17 in 2025.
NASA’s Office of Inspector General found that Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia are both projected to approach or reach operational capacity by 2028 to 2029.
Wallops Flight Facility could reach its current capacity limit of 32 launches per year as early as 2028.
Launches supported by Wallops Flight Facility increased from 3 in 2020 to 17 in 2025 and are projected to reach 44 per year by 2030.
Wallops Flight Facility’s launch count is expected to grow to 44 in 2030 from 17 in 2025.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia are projected to approach or reach operational capacity by 2028 to 2029.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia had its electrical system updated in 2018 and began construction on a causeway bridge in 2025.
A NASA Office of Inspector General audit found severe capacity constraints and degraded infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility completed encapsulation of Katalyst Space Technologies’ LINK robotic servicing satellite inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket.
NASA integrated Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket at NASA Wallops.
NASA is aligning operations at the Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility under a single executive authority.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supports small and medium-class rocket launches.
Brian Hughes’s new role includes responsibility for operations at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
A Rocket Lab vehicle was standing vertical on the pad at NASA Wallops Island on June 6, 2026.
Brian Hughes will work with industry officials and local government leaders to support increased launch cadence at Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility.
Brian Hughes will oversee NASA launch operations in Florida and Virginia at Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility.
Northrop Grumman will integrate LINK into the Pegasus rocket at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in early June.