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The company is currently spending hundreds of millions of dollars building Neutron, a much larger rocket scheduled to be test-launched on Wallops at the end of this year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The P-3 is typically stationed out of Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and has a science payload that can support a combined 40 hours of science flights on each U.S. coast, according to NASA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

And he’ll miss April’s full eclipse, while launching rockets from Virginia’s Wallops Island.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023

It turned out to be a sounding rocket launched from Wallops Island, Va., as part of research for Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

Rick's parents, with Barby and Jan, were now on their way to Wallops Island rocket range operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)