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Virginia Spaceport Authority Hosts Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) For a Visit to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and members of his staff toured the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport during a visit to the Eastern Shore on Friday, March 17. Senator Kaine was...

Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport completes second successful Rocket Lab launch

The “Stronger Together” mission successfully launched from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Thursday, March 16...

Rocket Lab’s second rocket set to launch from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

The Virginia Commercial Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) will be launching the second Rocket Lab Electron mission on Saturday, March 11...

VA Space, ESCC Ink Unique Internship Agreement

The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and Eastern Shore Community College have formally partnered in an internship program that is the authority’s first with a college...

Virginia Spaceport Authority Represents the Eastern Shore of Virginia at Commercial Space Week 2023 in Orlando, Florida

Commercial Space Week is taking place in Orlando, Florida from February 20th-24th and consists of three conference programs: The Space Mobility Conference, The Global Spaceport...

Virginia Spaceport Authority Celebrates Success of "Virginia is for Launch Lovers” Mission from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket successfully launched on January 24th from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)...

Virginia Spaceport Authority Holds Memorandum of Understanding Ceremony with Eastern Shore Community College

Virginia Spaceport Authority CEO and Executive Director Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer, Jr. and Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) President Dr. Jim Shaeffer on Monday signed...

U.S. DOT Names New Members to the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is welcoming 21 new members to the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee.

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