LIFTOFF! Northrop Grumman Corporation's CRS-11 mission successfully launched from Pad 0A in Virginia at 4:46 p.m. The Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully deployed and is on its way to the International Space Station. | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

9.1K views · 355 reactions | Today is our launchiversary! 73 years ago today, the first test rocket launched from Wallops Island. Wallops Flight Facility has continued to explore and innovate launch technologies ever since! Take a look back at some of our launches throughout Wallops history. | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility | Facebook

Here's a video of the three launches this morning from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Video courtesy of Patrick Black. Photos coming up. | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

Another successful rocket launch at NASA Wallops | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

9.9K views · 233 reactions | We're excited to welcome Vector to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility! The company will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island beginning in late 2021. | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility | Facebook

"[The flight director] looked at me and shook his head, and I knew they were gone." Gerald Griffin talked to American History TV about what it was like in Mission Control on the day Challenger was lost. This Saturday at 4:30 PM ET on C-SPAN 2, former NASA flight director Gerald Griffin discusses his career in the American space program. He talks about directing Apollo missions along with overseeing the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. | American History TV

8.4K views · 171 reactions | Wallops Flight Facility is so much more than a place to launch rockets. Catch a glimpse of the different science and engineering missions we have going on all around the world! | NASA's Wallops Flight Facility | Facebook

22K views · 699 reactions | And they're off! U.S. Navy Blue Angels #7...