Wallops Island

An aerial photo shows launch facilities at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101101150000" title="Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)" href="/topic/us/virginia/accomack-county-%28virginia%29/wallops-island-%28accomack-virginia%29-PLGEO100101101150000.topic">Wallops Island</a>. The new MARS commercial space center on the Virginia oceanfront could soon become "the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLREC000051" title="Cape Canaveral" href="/topic/travel/tourism-leisure/cape-canaveral-PLREC000051.topic">Cape Canaveral</a> of the North."

( NASA photo / June 30, 2007 )

An aerial photo shows launch facilities at Wallops Island. The new MARS commercial space center on the Virginia oceanfront could soon become "the Cape Canaveral of the North."

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