1st Lt. Jacob Mendoza, Enterprise Corps' Air Force Research Laboratory launch mission manager, stands in front of an AFRL experimental research payload Feb 26, 2021, at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This was the first USSF small launch mission for 2021, the first AFRL-dedicated partnership with NASA Wallops, the first USSF sounding rocket mission by commercial launch provider Space Vector Corporation, and the first launch ever for Mendoza. (Courtesy photo)