Fodor's Expert Review Wallops Island

Chincoteague Free

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitors Center fires the imagination with full-scale rockets, films on space and aeronautics, and displays on NASA projects. Although this was the site of early rocket launchings and NASA occasionally sends up satellites here, the facility now focuses primarily on atmospheric research.

Free Family

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Chincoteague, Virginia  23336, USA

757-824–1344

www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/visitorcenter

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: Free, July and Aug., daily 10–4; Sept.–Nov. and Feb.–June, Thurs.–Mon. 10–4

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