This Island Called Wallops

About this film

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 1257126, LI 255-HQ-137 - This Island Called Wallops - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to Aeronautics, compiled 1962 - 1981. This film provides an overview of activities on Wallops Island, where the Wallops Flight Facility -- one of the oldest launch sites in the world -- tracking stations, long-range radar, and data processing capabilities made it a center for the support of space science research and development into orbital and sub-orbital payloads.

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National Archives and Records Administration

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