Langley Research Center
The Langley Research Center, located in Hampton, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base, is the oldest of NASA's field centers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: NASA field center
- Also known as: “Hampton Fire and Rescue Station 8 - NASA Langley Research Center”, “Hampton Fire and Rescue Station 8 NASA Langley Research Center”, “Hampton Fire Station 8”, “Langley”, “LaRC”, “NASA Langley”, and “NASA Langley Research Center”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Langley Speedway and Lunar Landing Research Facility.
Langley Speedway
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Langley Speedway is a race track located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Langley Speedway is a paved short track measuring 4⁄10 mi in length. It is one of the flattest tracks in the region with only six degrees of banking in the corners and two degrees of banking on the straights. Langley Speedway is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Langley Research Center.
Lunar Landing Research Facility
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape. Lunar Landing Research Facility is situated 1 mile northwest of Langley Research Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poquoson and Bethel Manor.
Poquoson
Town
Photo: Chrisfortier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poquoson, informally known as Bull Island, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,460. Poquoson is situated 2½ miles north of Langley Research Center.
Bethel Manor
Village
Bethel Manor is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 3,792. Bethel Manor is a Military Family Community for Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Bethel Manor is situated 2½ miles west of Langley Research Center.
Aberdeen Gardens
Neighborhood
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberdeen Gardens is a national historic district located at Hampton, Virginia, United States. The district was part of a planned community initiated by Hampton University under New Deal legislation. Aberdeen Gardens is situated 4 miles south of Langley Research Center.
Langley Research Center
- Categories: NASA facility, research institute, research center, and building complex
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Langley Research Center” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز لانغلي البحثي”
- Catalan: “Langley Research Center”
- Catalan: “Langley”
- Catalan: “LaRC”
- Chinese: “兰利研究中心”
- Chinese: “朗利研究中心”
- Chinese: “蘭利研究中心”
- Danish: “Langley Research Center”
- Dutch: “Langley Research Center”
- Esperanto: “Langley Research Center”
- Esperanto: “LaRC”
- Estonian: “Langley Uurimiskeskus”
- French: “Centre de recherche de la NASA de Langley”
- French: “centre de recherche Langley”
- French: “Centre de recherche Langley”
- French: “Langley Research Center”
- French: “Langley”
- Galician: “Centro de investigación de Langley”
- German: “Langley Research Center”
- Hebrew: “מרכז המחקר לנגלי”
- Indonesian: “Langley Research Center”
- Italian: “Langley Research Center”
- Japanese: “ラングレー研究センター”
- Japanese: “ラングレー研究所”
- Malay: “Pusat Penyelidikan Langley”
- Marathi: “नासा लँगली संशोधन केंद्र”
- Marathi: “नासा ल्यांगले संशोधन केंद्र”
- Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی لانگلی ناسا”
- Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی لانگلی”
- Persian: “مرکز تحقیقات لنگلی”
- Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa Langley”
- Portuguese: “Langley Research Center”
- Russian: “Научно-исследовательский центр Лэнгли”
- Slovenian: “Langley Research Center”
- Slovenian: “LaRC”
- Slovenian: “NASA Langley”
- Slovenian: “Raziskovalni center Langley”
- Slovenian: “Raziskovalno središče Langley”
- Spanish: “Centro de investigación de Langley”
- Spanish: “Langley Research Center”
- Spanish: “Langley”
- Swedish: “Langley Research Center”
- Turkish: “Langley Araştırma Merkezi”
- Ukrainian: “Дослідний центр Ленглі”
- Ukrainian: “НАСА Ленглі”
- Urdu: “لینگلی ریسرچ سینٹر”
- Vietnamese: “Trung tâm nghiên cứu Langley”
- Vietnamese: “Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Langley”
- Welsh: “Canolfan Ymchwil Langley”
- Welsh: “Langley Research Center”
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