The Ames Research Center, also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory and was named to honor physicist Joseph Sweetman Ames, a founding NACA member. When NACA dissolved in 1958, its assets and personnel transferred to the newly created NASA.
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Agency TypeUnited States federal government NASA field center for aeronautics and space research 1 Founded Year HeadquartersMoffett Federal Airfield, California, United States 1 HeadEugene Tu, Center Director 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Ames Research Center
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The Ames Research Center (ARC), also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley.
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It was founded in 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory.
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The center's current director is Eugene Tu.
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