NASA Ames Research Center

NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is a NASA facility located at Moffett Field, California, which spans the borders of the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale.

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NASA - Moffett Field, California - Mountain View - Sunnyvale

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ARC was founded on December 20, 1939 as the second laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and moved to NASA in 1958. The Sunnyvale site at Moffett Field was selected in October 1939 by the Charles Lindbergh Committee established by an act of the U.S. Congress in August 1939. The Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (now the Ames Research Center) was named after Joseph Ames, the president of Johns Hopkins University.

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December 20 - 1939 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - 1958 - Charles Lindbergh - U.S. Congress - Joseph Ames - Johns Hopkins University

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ARC is active in aeronautical research, life sciences, space science, and technology research, especially information technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Center houses the world's largest wind tunnel, though this was decommissioned in 2003.

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Aeronautical - Life science - Space science - Technology - Wind tunnel - 2003

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The buildings at Moffett Field consist of those belonging to NASA proper, including the wind tunnels

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and other core research facilities, as well as an academic research park intended to foster collaborations with universities. Members of this Ames campus include Carnegie Mellon West, and the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), administered by the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Carnegie Mellon - University of California, Santa Cruz

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NASA has suffered some budgetary cuts by the Bush Administration after the Columbia disaster in 2003. Reportedly, these cuts have affected Ames as well.

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NASA - Bush Administration - Columbia disaster - 2003

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On September 28, 2005, both Google and Ames Research Center disclosed details to a long-term research partnership. In addition to pooling engineering talent, Google plans to build a 1-million square foot facility on the ARC campus.http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2005/05_50AR.html

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September 28 - 2005 - Google

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