Draper Laboratory
Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, defence, space exploration, health care and energy.- Type: University building
- Description: American research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”, “CSDL”, “Draper”, “Draper Lab”, “Instrumentation Laboratory”, “MIT Instrumentation Laboratory”, and “The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc”
- Address: 555 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Technology Square and Whitehead Institute.
Technology Square
Technology Square, nicknamed Tech Square, is a commercial office building complex in the Port neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, immediately adjacent to the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Whitehead Institute
Office building
Photo: Madcoverboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit research institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States that is dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical research. Whitehead Institute is situated 530 feet southeast of Draper Laboratory.
MIT Museum
Museum
The MIT Museum, founded in 1971, is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. MIT Museum is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Draper Laboratory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kendall Square and Wellington-Harrington.
Kendall Square
Locality
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.
Wellington-Harrington
Neighborhood
Wellington-Harrington, also known as Area 3, is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Overlapping with Inman Square and Kendall Square, it is bounded by Hampshire Street and Broadway on the southwest, the Grand Junction railroad tracks on the east, and the Somerville town line on the north.
Central Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street…
Draper Laboratory
- Categories: nonprofit organization, laboratory, building, research, office, and education
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36462° or 42° 21′ 53″ northLongitude
-71.0906° or 71° 5′ 26″ westOpen location code
87JC9W75+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 29716669OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
office=researchOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q2876029
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Draper Laboratory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مختبر دريبر”
- Armenian: “Չարլզ Սթարք Դրեյփերի լաբորատորիա”
- Catalan: “Laboratori Charles Stark Draper”
- Catalan: “Laboratori Draper”
- Chinese: “MIT儀器實驗室”
- Chinese: “德雷珀公司”
- Chinese: “查尔斯·斯塔克·德拉普尔实验室”
- Chinese: “查尔斯·斯塔克·德雷珀实验室”
- Chinese: “查爾斯·斯塔克·德拉普爾實驗室”
- Chinese: “查爾斯·斯塔克·德雷珀實驗室”
- Chinese: “查爾斯·斯塔克德雷珀實驗室”
- Dutch: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- French: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- French: “Draper”
- German: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- Hebrew: “דרייפר לברטורי”
- Hebrew: “צ’ארלס סטארק דרייפר לברטורי”
- Hungarian: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratórium”
- Hungarian: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- Italian: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- Japanese: “チャールズ・スターク・ドレイパー研究所”
- Korean: “찰스 스타크 드레이퍼 연구소”
- Persian: “دراپر لابراتوری”
- Polish: “Draper Laboratory”
- Russian: “лаборатория Чарльза Старка Дрейпера”
- Slovenian: “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory”
- Slovenian: “Draper Laboratory”
- Slovenian: “Draper”
- Slovenian: “Draperjev laboratorij”
- Slovenian: “Laboratorij Charlesa Starka Draperja”
- Spanish: “Laboratorio Draper”
- Welsh: “Labordy Charles Stark Draper”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grand Junction Park and Reardon Square.
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