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A century at Langley : the storied legacy and soaring future of NASA Langley Research Center

Title
A century at Langley : the storied legacy and soaring future of NASA Langley Research Center / Joseph R. Chambers.
Author
Chambers, Joseph R.
Publication
[Hampton, VA] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [2017]

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Description
iv, 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits (some color); 27 cm
Alternative Title
  • NASA Langley Research Center
  • Langley Research Center
Subject
  • Langley Research Center > History
  • Langley Aeronautical Laboratory > History
  • Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
  • Langley Research Center
  • Aeronautics > United States > History
  • Astronautics > United States > History
  • Aeronautics
  • Astronautics
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works.
  • History.
Note
  • "SP-2017-07-100-LaRC"--Back cover.
  • Shipping list no.: 2018-0008-S.
  • "This pictorial history, our 100th Anniversary book, uses images to tell the history of Langley in vivid detail, from our inception in 1917 as Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory right up to the present day."--Foreword.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 192).
Contents
Plot 16: A difficult time (1915-1919) -- Birth and breakthroughs (1920-1929) -- Shaping the airplane (1930-1939) -- The war years (1940-1949) -- NASA is born (1950-1959) -- Glory days (1960-1969) -- Space exploration (1970-1979) -- Faster, higher, farther, and safer (1980-1989) -- A new direction (1990-1999) -- A new century (2000-2009) -- Toward the future (2010-2017).
Call Number
JBF 18-11
OCLC
1013974055
Author
Chambers, Joseph R., author.
Title
A century at Langley : the storied legacy and soaring future of NASA Langley Research Center / Joseph R. Chambers.
Publisher
[Hampton, VA] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [2017]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 192).
Gpo Item No.
0830-I
Sudoc No.
NAS 1.21:2017-07-100-LARC
Research Call Number
JBF 18-11
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