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Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center
NASA Visitor Center at Wallops Flight Facility 002 crop.jpg
Established 1982 (1982)
Location Building J-17
Wallops Island, Virginia
Type Space museum

The Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center is located in Building J-17, Wallops Island, Virginia, United States along Route 175. It contains exhibits highlighting past missions conducted at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The visitor center also provides information about current activities at Wallops Flight Facility, such as the sounding rocket, balloon and aircraft program. The outside grounds has a rocket garden consisting of rockets and aircraft used for space and aeronautical research, including a full-scale four stage reentry vehicle used to study the Earth's atmosphere. In addition, the visitor center has educational programs on Earth and space science. It is also a viewing area for rocket launches.

History

The visitor center was established in 1982. It is named Robert L. Krieger Education Complex after the long term head of Wallops Flight Facility.

Exhibits

Some exhibits include:

  • Moon rock from Apollo 17
  • Scale models of rockets, satellites, research equipment and aircraft
  • Science On a Sphere
  • Hands-on interactive demonstrations and educational videos
  • Observation deck for watching launches from Wallops Flight Facility
  • Model rocket launches
  • Earth As Art

Image gallery

  • NASA Visitor Center (WFF) Sign 1

    "Welcome to the NASA Visitor Center"

  • NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Four-Stage Reentry Vehicle DSCF1016

    Four-Stage Reentry Vehicle

  • NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Nike-Cajun sounding rocket DSCF1014

    Nike-Cajun sounding rocket

  • NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Scout rocket exhibit DSCF1022

    Little Joe, to test Mercury spacecraft

  • Robert L. Krieger Education Complex Plaque 1

    Plaque on Robert L. Kreiger Visitor Center Building

  • NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Robert L. Kreiger Education Complex display DSCF1018

    One of the Education Complex displays in Robert L. Kreiger Education Complex

  • NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Practice Space Suit for Russell Schweickart DSCF1023

    Training spacesuit for Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart

  • NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility) 01

    Main sign at the NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility)

  • NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility) 02

    Historic sign at the NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility)

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