The NASA Wallops Flight Facility is one of the oldest launch sites in the world, according to the NASA web site. More than 14,000 rockets have been launched from Wallops
1945: First rocket is launched from Wallops under NASA's predecessor, The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
1958: Wallops researchers begin work with the civilian space program as NASA is born.
1961: First payload launched into orbit from NASA
1975: Wallops expands mission to studies of the Earth and oceans.
1982: Wallops is consolidated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in 1982 and becomes NASA's primary facility for suborbital programs.
1998: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is built on NASA land for commercial space flight.
2013: Lunar rocket launched from NASA.
Oct. 28: Rocket explodes six seconds after launch.
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility website
