Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model
Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model is a work of art in Santa Clara County, California. Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model is situated nearby to the theater building Auditorium, as well as near Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Also known as: “Space Shuttle Scale Model at Moffett Field” and “Wind Tunnel Scale Model of the Space Shuttle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include NASA Gift Shop in Silicon Valley and Computer History Museum.
NASA Gift Shop in Silicon Valley
Tourism office
Photo: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NASA Ames Visitor Center is a visitor center at the entrance of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The center has the following exhibits: The gift shop sells space and NASA-related memorabilia. NASA Gift Shop in Silicon Valley is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model.
Computer History Museum
Museum
Photo: Dzou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Computer History Museum is a computer museum in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the Information Age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society. Computer History Museum is situated 1 mile west of Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model.
Ames Research Center
Research institute
Photo: Sylvain Kalache, CC BY 2.0.
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. Ames Research Center is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
Mountain View
Photo: Baltakatei, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mountain View in California is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Mountain View 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.
Sunnyvale
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0.
Sunnyvale is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. Sunnyvale was ranked the 5th safest city in the United States in its size category for 2004.
Los Altos
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Altos is in Santa Clara County, in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The city means "The Heights" or "Foothills" in Spanish.
Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model
- Categories: aircraft, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.41073° or 37° 24′ 39″ northLongitude
-122.06076° or 122° 3′ 39″ westOpen location code
849VCW6Q+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1217319230OpenStreetMap feature
historic=aircraftOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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Highlights include Auditorium and Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley.
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