Rocket launch

A rocket launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The facility, which NASA first began using in 1945 and took over in 1950 is the space agency's site for doing sub-orbital and satellite launches. On average, the site hosts a launch once a month, though sometimes teams from Wallops Flight Facility take their equipment and expertise on the road to do launches in other parts of the world in order to study specific scientific applications.

CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman visited the facility as part of Road Trip 2010. You can follow the entire project here.