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Chambers, Joseph R.,

A century at Langley : the storied legacy and soaring future of NASA Langley Research Center / NASA Langley Research Center Langley Research Center Joseph R. Chambers. - iv, 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm

"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.

Includes bibliographical references (page 192).

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).

LCCN: 2017433492

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Langley Research Center--History.
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory--History.
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory.
Langley Research Center.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aeronautics--History.--United States
Astronautics--History.--United States
Aeronautics.
Astronautics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.

LC Class. No.: TL862.L35 / C48 2017

GPO Item No.: 0830-I

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: NAS 1.21:2017-07-100-LARC