Virginia Spaceport Authority

The Virginia Spaceport Authority owns and operates the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.

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Congratulations to the amazing VSA staff for making this possible! We look forward to welcoming our next intern cohort in June.

Read more about the award in SCHEV's press release: https://t.co/SYRHcOjtEW

#virginia #accomackcounty #wallops #intern #internship #space #summer #vsa

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VSA is honored to be recognized for the second year in a row as one of the Top Virginia Employers for Interns! The award is issued by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and reflects VSA's commitment to providing interns with meaningful, hands-on experiences.

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Our very own Chief of Education and Intern Development Sidnee McGee was featured in Via Satellite's Celebrating Women in Satellite 2026!

Read the article here: https://t.co/dsIzTFS1yL

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VSA is thrilled to announce that two individuals nominated by VSA have been honored by the American Astronautical Society (AAS).

Sidnee McGee, Chief of Education and Intern Development, and General Lance Lord, U.S. Air Force (ret.).

Read more here: https://t.co/LhT6DRecLN

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Another milestone unlocked for Neutron-the Hungry Hippo fairing is on site at Wallops Island! It is exciting to see all the hard work coming together. Congratulations to the Rocket Lab and VSA teams.

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OTD in 2023 Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from VSA’s Pad 0-C, marking the very first launch of Electron from Virginia. We are so grateful for our partnership and collaboration with Rocket Lab that made this milestone possible!

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Launch operations at our Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport are made possible by our highly skilled workforce spanning engineering, safety, communications, logistics, and so many more!

Learn more about joining our team by going to our website: https://t.co/qwBAoN0iPF

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The Virginia Spaceport Authority on Wallops Island supports a wide range of launch vehicles and mission profiles through its four launch pads and integration facilities. These capabilities allow for a flexible, low-congestion, and safety-focused launch environment.

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It was a great pleasure to host @NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at MARS. During the visit VSA CEO Ted Mercer highlighted the investments over the years to grow Virginia's launch capacity and support commercial space operations and national security space objectives.

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OTD in 2014, our spaceport made history with the first contracted ISS cargo resupply mission, Orb‑1. The mission carried the Cygnus spacecraft and delivered more than 2,700 pounds of supplies to the ISS. Congratulations to the teams whose dedication made this milestone possible!

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Another successful launch from MARS Pad 0-C! Congratulations on a great launch to all that made it possible.

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MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for the STP-S30 mission for @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC and 4x DiskSats to a 550km LEO 🛰️🚀

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Big things lifting off soon from MARS! The countdown begins for the final launch of the year from Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport!

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Next mission alert 🚨 Launching from Launch Complex 2 tomorrow will be our 20th Electron launch of the year: the STP-S30 mission for @USSF_SSC's Space Test Program.

'Don't Be Such A Square' will deploy 4x DiskSats by @AerospaceCorp & @NASA to a 550km LEO from LC-2 at @Virginia_Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

Launch window opens:
🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18
🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17
🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18
🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18

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We are proud to support our partners as they launch from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.! A huge congratulations to VSA's exceptional pad team, whose expertise and dedication make missions like this possible. Congrats to all on another successful launch from MARS!

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MISSION SUCCESS! We've completed another HASTE launch from Launch Complex 2 today, this time for @DIU_x and Missile Defense Agency to test advanced technologies for missile defense.

HASTE is an important platform for accelerating hypersonic technology readiness for the nation and we’re proud to have delivered this mission - our 6th HASTE launch overall.

LEARN MORE: https://t.co/r5njMMNiYJ

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This week we are celebrating 25 years of continuous human presence on the ISS and the 2019 NG-12 launch from Virginia’s spaceport that delivered 8,200+ lbs of cargo. From Earth to orbit, VSA is proud to support missions that fuel discovery and innovation!

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We were thrilled to welcome 9th graders from the Aerospace Academy of the Eastern Shore for an inside look at our spaceport. We are proud to help spark curiosity and inspire the future of aerospace!

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VSA Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director Sean Mulligan was awarded the 2024 Space Flight Award at the AAS von Braun Space Exploration Symposium in Alabama. Read the full story here: https://t.co/TORCecEdeL

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Read more of the press release with the link included below:

https://t.co/Qgq7yaGL3F

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VSA participated in the 2025 Hokkaido Space Summit, held in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on October 9-10. The event brought together global leaders from the aerospace, government, and industry sectors to foster international cooperation and innovation in space.

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VSA’s CEO and Executive Director Roosevelt Mercer engaged with key stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region and participated in a panel discussion.

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Two years later, Rocket Lab and VSA announced plans to build Rocket Lab's first U.S. launch pad at MARS, Pad 0-C.

OA-5 Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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OTD: October 17 marks two major milestones for the Virginia Spaceport Authority and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). In 2016, the OA-5 ISS resupply mission launched from MARS Pad-0A, marking the fifth successful Antares mission since 2013.