The NASA Visitor Center is located in Building J-17, Wallops Island

Wallops Island

Wallops Island is a island off the east coast of Virginia, part of the barrier islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.It is located in Accomack County, Virginia...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 along Route 175

Virginia State Route 175

Virginia State Route 175 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Chincoteague Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 13 at Nash Corner east to Main Street in Chincoteague...

. It contains exhibits highlighting past missions conducted at Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility , located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other U.S. government agencies...

. The visitor center also provides information about current activities at Wallops Flight Facility, such as the sounding rockets, balloons and aircraft program. The outside grounds has rockets and aircraft used for space and aeronautical research including a full-scale four stage reentry vehicle used to study the earth's atmosphere.

Exhibits

Some exhibits include:

• Moon rock from Apollo 17
  Apollo 17
  Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final manned mission in the American Apollo space program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 remains the...
  
  
• Scale models of rockets, satellites, research equipment and aircraft
• Science On a Sphere
  Science On a Sphere
  Science On a Sphere is a spherical projection system created by NOAA. It presents high-resolution video on suspended globe rather than a flat screen, with the aim of better representing global phenomena. Animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean temperature can be shown on...
  
  
• Hands-on interactive demonstrations and educational videos
• Observation deck for watching launches from Wallops Flight Facility
• Model rocket launches
• Earth As Art

See also

• NASA
  NASA
  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
  
  
• NASA Visitor Center
  NASA Visitor Center
  NASA has several Visitor Centers including:*Ames Research Center*Goddard Space Flight Center*Kennedy Space Center*NASA Visitor Center *U.S. Space & Rocket Center...
  
  -- Visitor centers at other NASA facilities