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Virginia Bill Provides Up To $20 Million For Upgrades At Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

Virginia Bill Provides Up To $20 Million For Upgrades At Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Orbital's Cygnus capsule and Antares rocket Oct. 28, 2014, prior to failure at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility. Photo: NASA.

A bill moving through the Virginia General Assembly could provide as much as $20 million to the Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority (VCSFA) for improvements at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), located at Wallops Island, Va.The bill, formally an amendment to a biennial appropriations bill signed into law in 2016, is for the construction of additional facilities in support of both commercial space flight and unmanned systems activities. This could potentially include upgrades like a new payload processing facility and hangars, according…

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