National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Wallops 2016 PreviewBruce Underwood, Deputy Director

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Jan. 12, 2016

Sounding Rockets in 2016- 17 launches

currently planned (seven launching from WFF; others from White Sands)

- Missions supported include education, heliophysics, DOD, astrophysics, and technology demonstrations

Scientific Balloons in 2016

- Two mission operations underway now in Antarctica

- One around the world balloon flight launching from New Zealand in April

- Six flights from Fort Sumner, NM

- Up to three flights from Palestine, TX

Airborne Science in 2016

- Three Earth Venture missions scheduled: ACT-America (central and eastern U.S.); NAAMES (Newfoundland); ORACLES (Africa)

- Long-awaited return of our P-3B with new wings, propellers

Construction in 2016

- Nearly $60M in construction underway

- Mission Launch Command Center

- Wallops Island Fire Station

- Main base runway construction

Return to flight in 2016

- Antares integration underway in HIF- WFF range will support a hot fire test Spring 2016- Return to flight currently scheduled May/June timeframe- Follow-on cargo resupply contract announcement

Special Projects and Opportunities in 2016- Low-Density Supersonic

Decelerator- IceCube and HaloSat- Summer internships at

WFF; go to: intern.nasa.gov

- New Educator Resource Center up and running—spread the word

- MACRI strategic planning session in Spring

- Upcoming UAS summit- Science on the Shore

events (FCLP featured tonight at 5 p.m.)

- Astronomy night Jan. 15