The Research Airport provides the government and industry with a location for aircraft studies and services. In addition to NASA, other government agencies located at Wallops are the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Located nearby are the U.S. Army Reserve, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These agencies share resources to carry out their missions. NASA also opens its unique facilities to industry for space and aeronautics research.
Wallops expects an increase in commercial launch activity in the near future.
The 1,000 full-time Civil Service and contractor NASA Wallops employees actively support the Delmarva Peninsula community, including a variety of education programs for students ranging from kindergarten through college. This Fact Sheet is a publication of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility Public Affairs Office.