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ABOUT RMMO

The Range and Mission Management Office (RMMO) serves as the principal source of project management support for Wallops Flight Facility flight projects and operations.  In addition, the RMMO is responsible for management of the WFF Test Range and mobile campaigns, conducting operations from sites that truly span the globe.

Together with customers, contractors, partners and other government organizations, the RMMO is determined to “Take Science to New Heights” using its fixed and mobile launch ranges and a variety of orbital and suborbital carriers.   RMMO Project Managers coordinate all Wallops support functions, from Environmental to Payload integration, and they provide operational leadership for Range-specific functions such as Radar, Optical Tracking, Weather Forecasting, and Control Center Operations.

Please take the time to navigate through our site for photos and video of operations, information concerning the Test Range, interactive page for the kids, links to our partners and much more!

WALLOPS RANGE NEWS

RECENT UPDATES

P-3 Departs from Wallops to Study Arctic Atmosphere - Apr 1 2008

NASA P3 AircraftNASA's P-3 aircraft, based at Wallops, departed for Fairbanks, Alaska this week for a campaign to investigate air pollution and climate changes in the Arctic.  The P-3 will function as a flying laboratory along with other NASA aircraft to measure composition of the lower atmosphere and provide better interpretation of satellite data.  The campaign is part of NASA's contribution to the International Polar Year.

Visit the ARCTAS Mission Page for up-to-date mission information:

+ ARCTAS Mission Page
+ ARCTAS Press Release

ARCTAS In The News - Updated April 16 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
+ Scientists Measure Arctic Air Pollution
+ Fairbanks a Base For Arctic Research



Wallops Range Chief, PM Speak at NASA Conference - Feb 1 2008

Jay Pittman, Chief of the Wallops Range and Mission Management Office, and Ron Walsh, Range Office Project Manager, each made presentations at the NASA Project Management Challenge 2008 conference, Feb. 26-27 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Pittman discussed efficient project management of the TacSat-2 orbital launch while Walsh described the requirements validation process needed to make this low-cost, rapid-integration mission a success.

+ Pittman & Rogers - Project Success Through Efficient Processes (PDF)
+ Walsh - Requirements Management (PDF)



Wallops, Aerosonde Ready to Launch UAS Into Hurricane - Oct 12 2007

NOAA/NASA hurricane mission on standby through Oct 31 to pilot an Uninhabited Aerial System into a hurricane for the first time.  The Aerosonde UAS will carry instrumentation onboard to study the dangerous high-wind, low-altitude eyewall of the storm.

+ Drone, Sensors May Open Path Into Eye of Storm
+ Science Chat: Hurricanes
+ Hurricane Chaser Graphic

(Articles on Washingtonpost.com)

UPDATE: + Aerosonde UAS Hurricane Mission Successful



NASA Signs Commercial Space Transportation Agreements - Jun 18 2007

Through three new Space Act agreements, NASA is expanding cooperation with companies interested in commercializing access to space.

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Wallops Returns to Space with NFIRE
Wallops Returns to Space with NFIRE

NASA Funds University Experiments
NASA Funds Universities' Experiments

Mission Planning Lab Illustrates Launches
Mission Planning Lab Illustrates Launches

Wallops to Launch NFIRE Mission
Wallops to Launch NFIRE Mission

Wallops Has a Role in SpaceX Falcon1 Launch
Wallops Has a Role in SpaceX Falcon1 Launch
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