Q1 2017 WIRA NASA Update Bill Wrobel

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Wallops Flight Facility

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Reported Antares Launch sightings

• Using GIS, these dots represent where people watched Antares from (as reported on Wallops’ social media accounts)

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Cape Cod, MASounding Rockets

- 25 launches planned- Alaska campaign underway

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Scientific Balloons- Antarctica campaign complete- Return to New Zealand in

March

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Airborne Science- Operation IceBridge uploads- ACT-America deployment

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Small Satellites- IceCube ready for launch- HaloSat, TROPICS in development

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Visitor Center- Record 77,032 visitors in 2016- Exhibit upgrades under development- Next event: Jan. 21 Solar Viewing Event

with Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation- Save the date: Solar Eclipse—Aug. 21