Armstrong Flight Research Center

The NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. Its primary campus is located inside in California and is considered NASA's premier site for aeronautical research.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: NASA aerospace research center in California, USA
  • Also known as: “AFRC”, “Ames-Dryden Flight Research Center”, “DFRC”, “Dryden Flight Research Center”, “Flight Research Center”, “High-Speed Flight Research Station”, “High-Speed Flight Station”, “Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center”, “Muroc Flight Test Unit”, “NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station”, “NACA High-Speed Flight Station”, “NASA AFRC”, “NASA Armstrong”, “NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center”, “NASA Dryden Flight Research Center”, “NASA Flight Research Center”, “NASA High-Speed Flight Station”, and “Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center”

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

Latitude
34.954° or 34° 57′ 14″ north
Longitude
-117.8872° or 117° 53′ 14″ west
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Open location code
8564X437+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 782139271
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q305443
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Armstrong Flight Research Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز أبحاث الطيران نيل إيه أرمسترونغ”
  • Catalan: “Centre d’Investigació de Vol Armstrong”
  • Catalan: “DFRC”
  • Chinese: “尼爾·阿姆斯壯飛行研究中心”
  • Chinese: “德來頓飛行研究中心”
  • Chinese: “德来顿飞行研究中心”
  • Chinese: “德莱顿飞行研究中心”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯壯飛行研究中心”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特朗飛行研究中心”
  • Czech: “Armstrongovo letecké výzkumné středisko”
  • Czech: “Drydenovo letecké výzkumné středisko”
  • Danish: “Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Dutch: “Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Esperanto: “Dryden Flight Research Center”
  • French: “Dryden Flight Research Center”
  • French: “Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • German: “Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Hungarian: “Dryden Repüléskutató Központ”
  • Hungarian: “Neil A. Armstrong Repüléskutató Központ”
  • Indonesian: “Dryden Flight Research Center”
  • Indonesian: “Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Italian: “Dryden Flight Research Center”
  • Japanese: “アームストロング飛行研究センター”
  • Japanese: “ドライデン飛行研究センター”
  • Korean: “암스트롱 비행 연구 센터”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Norwegian: “Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Persian: “مرکز پژوهشی هوایی درایدن”
  • Persian: “مرکز تحقیقات پروازی آرمسترانگ”
  • Polish: “Centrum Badania Lotu imienia Neila A. Armstronga”
  • Polish: “Ośrodek Badania Lotu imienia Hugh L. Drydena”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa de Voo Armstrong”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Pesquisa de Voo Neil A. Armstrong”
  • Romanian: “Armstrong Flight Research Center”
  • Russian: “Лётно-исследовательский центр им. Армстронга”
  • Russian: “Лётно-исследовательский центр имени Армстронга”
  • Spanish: “Centro Armstrong de Investigaciones de Vuelo”
  • Spanish: “Centro Dryden de Investigaciones de Vuelo”
  • Turkish: “Armstrong Uçuş Araştırma Merkezi”

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