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Sunday Oct 5 | Associated Content

Day in the Life of a Biology Major

For most college students, getting up early is a dreaded and despised task. Heather Gowton is not one of these students, however, as she is often crawling through the marshes of Wallops Island, Va., in search ...

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

Fri Oct 03, 2008

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Northrop Grumman to build Wallops Island facility

Northrop Grumman is breaking ground on a new facility at Wallops Island in Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

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Related Topix: Accomack County, VA, Science / Technology, NASA

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Santa Maria Times

Missile blasts off from VAFB on test flight

A Chimera target launch vehicle successfully blasts off at 11:57 p.m. Tuesday from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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Related Topix: Strategic Defense Initiative, US Military, US Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Lompoc Record

Rocket launch to support missile-defense mission

A modified Minuteman rocket launch set for tonight or Wednesday morning will support a missile-defense mission to collect data while tracking the target with an orbiting satellite.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Strategic Defense Initiative, Vandenberg Air Force Base

Thu Sep 11, 2008

The Daily Times

Captain's Cove investors run aground

SNOW HILL -- Developers for Captain's Cove, a residential development just south of the Worcester County border, have filed for bankruptcy protection after defaulting on about $18 million in loans.

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Related Topix: Greenbackville, VA, Accomack County, VA, Chincoteague, VA

Sun Sep 07, 2008

National Hurricane Center

Tropical Storm HANNA Public Advisory Number 40

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...ALL OF CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE TIDAL ...

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Watches

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

NASA Langley experiment lost

A rocket carrying the $17M hypersonic-research equipment flew off course and was detonated.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

Mon Aug 25, 2008

Eastern Shore News

Six from area die in storm of the century

A devastating hurricane struck the Eastern Shore of Virginia on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1933 -- 75 years ago today -- and at the height of the storm the local correspondent from Harborton sat down to write her ...

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Related Topix: Cape Charles, VA, Saxis, VA, Virginia, Harborton, VA

Sat Aug 23, 2008

The Daily Times

Wallops rocket launch fails

WALLOPS ISLAND -- A suborbital rocket carrying two NASA experiments costing $11 million was destroyed after it veered off course soon after liftoff early Friday, sending fragments raining into the Atlantic ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Assawoman, VA

Thu Aug 21, 2008

WAVY-TV

Wallops rocket launch is a go! Coast Guard defines ship avoidance area

Wallops Island, Va. NASA says the rocket launch planned for early Friday morning from the Wallops Island launch facility has been approved, and should take place between 5:10 and 6:10 a.m. Information was ...

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Related Topix: Chesapeake, VA

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard to provide security zone for NASA rocket launch on Wallops Island, Va.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard will set and maintain a security zone in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Va., for a NASA rocket launch scheduled for Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, VA, Chincoteague, VA

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Eastern Shore News

are key to future

"Yesteryears" is a column I always appreciate and the Aug. 6 paper was no exception.

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Mon Jul 28, 2008

Space Ref

Nasa WFF Solicitation: Sounding Rocket Operations Request for Informa

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, July 28, 2008 Source: Wallops Flight Facility - Comments Synopsis - Jul 25, 2008 Draft Document - Posted on Jul 25, 2008 General Information Solicitation Number: ...

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Related Topix: Electronic, Synopsis

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Eastern Shore News

County approves NASA-Wallops broadband plan

The Northampton County Board of Supervisors approved an initiative by the NASA Wallops Flight Facility to coordinate an environmental impact review for the entire 2008 Eastern Shore broadband effort.

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Related Topix: Northampton County, VA, Atlantic, VA, Onley, VA, Cape Charles, VA

Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Daily Times

Flying is the best way to see bay

CHINCOTEAGUE -- 'This is awesome,' was the first words out of the mouth of Darin Fitzgerald of Malvern, N.J. after returning to the boat from his first parasailing adventure.

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Related Topix: Chincoteague, VA, Chincoteague Island, VA, Greenbackville, VA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Daily Times

Chincoteague National Night Out is Aug. 5

CHINCOTEAGUE -- The Wallops Island Navy Public Safety Program and the town of Chincoteague will be hosting a celebration to commemorate Chincoteague's 100th Anniversary, and the Third Annual National Night Out ...

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Related Topix: Chincoteague, VA

The Daily Times

Change of command at SCSC Wallops Island

On July 11, Commander Gerald D. Herman relieved Captain Michael D. Anderson as Commanding Officer of Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island, at a ceremony that was full of Navy tradition.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Eastern Shore News

CHINCOTEAGUE: Fire at business ruled electrical in nature

Quick action Saturday from local firefighters saved a building on Church Street here and possibly a neighboring home and St.

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Related Topix: Atlantic, VA, Greenbackville, VA, New Church, VA, Chincoteague, VA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Fri Jun 20, 2008

The Daily Times

Spaceport plan 'once in a lifetime' for county

WALLOPS ISLAND -- Orbital Sciences Corporation's announcement last week that it will locate its new space launch vehicle project at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport here comes at a good time for Accomack ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Accomack County, VA

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Space Ref

Sen. Mikulski Thrilled at NASA Wallops Announcement by Orbital Sciences

Orbital will invest approximately $45 million to assemble, test and launch the Taurus II space launch vehicle.

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Related Topix: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aerospace-Defense, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Barbara Mikulski, Science / Technology, Space

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