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Langley Research Center

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The Langley Research Center, known as LaRC or NASA Langley, is located in Hampton, Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base, and is the oldest of NASA field centers, founded in 1917. It has focused primarily on aeronautical research but has also tested space hardware such as the Apollo Lunar Module.

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Founded Year
1917 1
Headquarters
Hampton, Virginia 1
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1. Langley Research Center - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    Established in 1917 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the research center devotes two-thirds of its programs to aeronautics and the rest to space.
  • Lead paragraph, location sentence
    located in Hampton, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base
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