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The CRS-14 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first female astronaut of Indian descent, Kaplana Chawla, and is scheduled to launch at 10:27 p.m., Tuesday, September 29, 2020 EDT.

The company estimates the site will support a staff of about 30 employees from engineering to office administration. "It went super well," Beck said of last week's test. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! “It was awesome. WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — Rocket Lab officially opened its new U.S. launch site for business today (Dec. 12) and the U.S. Air Force will be the first to fly from the new complex.

The launch may be visible throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and possibly much of the East Coast, depending on weather.

MARS is on the south end of Wallops Island and is on land that is leased from WFF. Joseph Navin, News and Opinion Editor and Chief|December 13, 2019. The company first worked on a sub-orbital sounding rocket called the Ātea. The name was changed to Wallops Flight Center in 1974 and then changed to Wallops Flight Facility in 1981 when the site was absorbed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Wallops was established as a launch site in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics or NACA. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck (third from left in back) uses giant novelty scissors in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open Launch Complex 2 at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Dec. 12, 2019.

The search and selection process was “very rigorous” and included numerous sites such as Cape Canaveral, Fla. The construction at LC-2 has not been limited to the pad itself. Weather concerns delayed the launch from its original scheduled date of Sept. 29. Eventually, Rocket Lab aims to equip Electron boosters with parachutes and snatch them in mid-air with a helicopter after a launch.

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Our image of the day, Effect predicted by Albert Einstein spotted in a double-star system, New Hummer EV was GM's 'moonshot,' features nods to Apollo 11. What happens at the center of a black hole? At the time, Wallops was known as the Pilotless Aircraft Research Station. Before anything was built, Rocket Lab began the search for a second launch site. “We are proud to call Wallops Island and Virginia our home,” said Beck. The launch had already been pushed back from its original launch window of Tuesday evening due to weather conditions. Thank you for signing up to Space.

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