MARS Rising

Orbital Sciences Corporation has confirmed its selection of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island, VA for launching the company's Taurus II launch vehicle. The rocket will demonstrate cargo resupply of the International Space Station along with lofting satellites into orbit.

As I've already noted, having an emerging major spaceport will be an exciting development for this region.

UPDATE 6/10/08 Here's the round-up of links from Spacetoday.net.