Ames Research Center
The Ames Research Center, also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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- Type: Research institute
- Description: NASA research center
- Also known as: “ARC”, “Centre de recherche Ames”, “Centro de Investigacion Ames”, “NASA”, “NASA Ames”, “NASA Ames Research Park”, “NASA ARC”, “NASA 에임스”, “NASA阿姆斯研究中心”, “Raziskovalni center Ames”, “ߣߛߊ ߊߡߍߛ”, “エームズ研究センター”, “エームズ研究所”, “エイムズリサーチセンター”, “エイムズ研究所”, “エイムズ航空研究所”, “埃姆斯研究中心”, “恩斯研究中心”, “美國NASA艾姆斯研究中心”, “美國航太空總署埃姆斯研究中心”, “艾姆斯研究中心（NASA Ames）”, “艾姆斯航空实验室”, “艾姆斯航空實驗室”, and “艾密斯研究中心”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Moffett Federal Airfield and Computer History Museum.
Computer History Museum
Museum
Hangar One
Hangar
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
Ames Research Center
- Categories: NASA facility, space center, research center, commerce, and education
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.41495° or 37° 24′ 54″ north
Longitude
-122.05693° or 122° 3′ 25″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
849VCW7V+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_institute
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercial
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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: “美国国家航空航天局埃姆斯研究中心”
- Chinese: “美國國家航空暨太空總署埃姆斯研究中心”
- Chinese: “艾姆斯研究中心”
- 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”
- German: “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: “エイムズ研究センター”
- Korean: “에임스 연구 센터”
- Korean: “에임스 연구소”
- Luxembourgish: “Ames Research Center”
- Malay: “Pusat Penyelidikan Ames”
- N'Ko: “ߊߡߍߛ ߕߌߙߌ߲ߠߌ߲ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲ ߣߖ߭ߊ ߟߊ߫ ߕߌߙߌ߲ߠߌ߲߫ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ames Research Center”
- Norwegian: “Ames Research Center”
- Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی ایمز ناسا”
- Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی ایمز”
- Persian: “مرکز تحقیقات ایمز”
- Polish: “Centrum Badawcze imienia Josepha Amesa”
- Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa Ames”
- Portuguese: “NASA Ames Research Center”
- Romanian: “Ames Research Center”
- Russian: “Исследовательский центр Эймса”
- Slovak: “Ames Research Center”
- Slovenian: “Raziskovalno središče Ames”
- Spanish: “Centro de Investigación Ames”
- Swedish: “Ames Research Center”
- Turkish: “Ames Araştırma Merkezi”
- Ukrainian: “Дослідницький центр Еймса”
- Welsh: “Canolfan Ymchwil Ames”
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