NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, Virginia)

USA / Virginia / Hampton / Hampton, Virginia / Lindbergh Way, 8
 research, NASA, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/home/index.html

NASA Research Facility at Langley AFB Virginia. It was established in 1917 and became one of the original NASA facilities when the space agency was created in 1958. The U.S. manned space program began at LaRC in 1959 before new facilities were built in Houston in 1962. LaRC was responsible for the highly successful Lunar Orbiters and Viking Mars orbiters and landers. Today, Langley is an advanced aerospace research center. Its fields of study include aerodynamics, materials, structures, flight controls, information systems, acoustics, aeroelasticity, and atmospheric sciences. Nearly half of Langley's work is about space, including technology for advanced space transportation, large space structures and the Earth Observing System in NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. Rockets are not launched from Hampton. Almost a century later, Langley continues to forge new frontiers in aviation and space research for aerospace, atmospheric sciences, and technology commercialization to improve the way the world lives.

The last photo is not photoshopped. It was taken at the solar eclipse of 2017. Source (NASA's site): www.nasa.gov/image-feature/langley/2017-solar-eclipse-a...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Langley_Research_Center
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Coordinates:   37°5'37"N   76°22'57"W

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  • it's nice working place
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