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MAREA Cable at Sea
Going Below
Northern Virginia has long been known as the data center capital of the world, owing to its status as one of the original four Network Access Points (NAP).
Connecting Southern Virginia to the World: A Conversation with Tad Deriso
Tad Deriso is president and CEO of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a South Boston-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that has built an advanced open-access fiber optic network in Southern Virginia.
SpaceX Capsule Testing NASA Langley
Lowering the (Sonic) Boom at NASA's Langley Research Center
On a bright, early morning in the Mojave Desert in November 2021, test pilot Nils Larson will climb into a 97-foot-long airplane resembling something out of “Star Wars.” The nose, from tip to the single-seat cockpit, will be as long as the rest of the aircraft.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Accomack County
Opening the Final Frontier at the Wallops Flight Facility
On a chilly, cloud-streaked day in February, a 133-foot-tall rocket sat on a launchpad, venting steam from its liquid oxygen tanks. With the Atlantic Ocean tumbling against a beach just a stone's throw away, a flight director counted down to liftoff.



