Jan. 20, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@xxxxxxxx Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-013 NASA POSTPONES WALLOPS INTEGRATION FACILITY CEREMONY WASHINGTON -- NASA postponed the Jan. 21 unveiling of the new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia due to expected inclement weather. A new date for the ceremony has not been determined. The Horizontal Integration Facility will support medium class mission capabilities. The first customer to use the facility will be Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., with its Taurus II launch vehicle. Orbital will conduct missions for NASA under the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services project and Commercial Resupply Services contract. Integration of the Taurus II in the facility begins in February; with a first launch expected later this year. For more information about Wallops, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/wallops -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
