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Ames Research Center

The Ames Research Center, also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at in California's . It was founded in 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: NASA research center
  • Also known as: “ARC”, “NASA Ames”, and “NASA ARC”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moffett Federal Airfield and Computer History Museum.

Aerodrome
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, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military located in an unincorporated part of , , United States, between northern and northern .

Museum
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The is a computer museum in . The museum presents stories and artifacts of and the Information Age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society. is situated 1 mile west of Ames Research Center.

Hangar
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is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres at Moffett Field near , in the . is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Ames Research Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mountain View and Sunnyvale.

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in is located in the heart of the . is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence.

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is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in . was ranked the 5th safest city in the in its size category for 2004.

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is in , in the South Bay region of the Bay Area in . The city means "The Heights" or "Foothills" in Spanish.

Ames Research Center

Latitude
37.41495° or 37° 24′ 54″ north
Longitude
-122.05693° or 122° 3′ 25″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Open location code
849VCW7V+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39643285
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­commercial
Geo­Names ID
5323777
Wiki­data ID
Q181052
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ames Research Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز أميس للأبحاث”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eyms Tədqiqat Mərkəzi”
  • Belarusian: “Даследчы цэнтр Эймса”
  • Belarusian: “Дасьледчы цэнтар Эймса”
  • Catalan: “Centre d’Investigació Ames”
  • Chinese: “NASA阿姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “埃姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “恩斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “美国国家航空航天局埃姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “美國NASA艾姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “美國國家航空暨太空總署埃姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “美國航太空總署埃姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “艾姆斯研究中心（NASA Ames）”
  • Chinese: “艾姆斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “艾姆斯航空实验室”
  • Chinese: “艾姆斯航空實驗室”
  • Chinese: “艾密斯研究中心”
  • Chinese: “艾美斯研究中心”
  • Czech: “Ames Research Center”
  • Danish: “Ames Research Center”
  • Dutch: “Ames Research Center”
  • Esperanto: “Ames Research Center”
  • Estonian: “Amesi Uurimiskeskus”
  • French: “Ames Research Center”
  • French: “Centre de recherche Ames”
  • French: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • German: “Ames Research Center”
  • German: “ARC”
  • German: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Greek: “Ames Research Center”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז המחקר איימס”
  • Hindi: “एम्स अनुसंधान केंद्र”
  • Hungarian: “Ames Kutatóközpont”
  • Indonesian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Italian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Japanese: “エームズ研究センター”
  • Japanese: “エームズ研究所”
  • Japanese: “エイムズリサーチセンター”
  • Japanese: “エイムズ研究センター”
  • Japanese: “エイムズ研究所”
  • Japanese: “エイムズ航空研究所”
  • Korean: “NASA 에임스”
  • Korean: “에임스 연구 센터”
  • Korean: “에임스 연구소”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ames Research Center”
  • Malay: “Pusat Penyelidikan Ames”
  • N'Ko: “NASA”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߡߍߛ ߕߌߙߌ߲ߠߌ߲ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲ ߣߖ߭ߊ ߟߊ߫ ߕߌߙߌ߲ߠߌ߲߫ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲”
  • N'Ko: “ߣߛߊ ߊߡߍߛ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ames Research Center”
  • Norwegian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی ایمز ناسا”
  • Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی ایمز”
  • Persian: “مرکز تحقیقات ایمز”
  • Polish: “Ames Research Center”
  • Polish: “Centrum Badawcze imienia Josepha Amesa”
  • Polish: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Portuguese: “Ames Research Center”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa Ames”
  • Portuguese: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Portuguese: “NASA Ames”
  • Romanian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Russian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Russian: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Russian: “Исследовательский центр Эймса”
  • Slovak: “Ames Research Center”
  • Slovak: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Slovak: “NASA Ames Research Park”
  • Slovenian: “Ames Research Center”
  • Slovenian: “ARC”
  • Slovenian: “Raziskovalni center Ames”
  • Slovenian: “Raziskovalno središče Ames”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Investigacion Ames”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Investigación Ames”
  • Swedish: “Ames Research Center”
  • Swedish: “NASA Ames Research Center”
  • Swedish: “NASA Ames”
  • Turkish: “Ames Araştırma Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дослідницький центр Еймса”
  • Welsh: “Ames Research Center”
  • Welsh: “ARC”
  • Welsh: “Canolfan Ymchwil Ames”

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