TY - BOOK AU - Chambers,Joseph R. TI - A century at Langley: the storied legacy and soaring future of NASA Langley Research Center AV - TL862.L35 C48 2017 PY - 2017///] CY - [Hampton, VA] PB - National Aeronautics and Space Administration KW - Langley Research Center KW - History KW - Langley Aeronautical Laboratory KW - fast KW - Aeronautics KW - United States KW - Astronautics KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - "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) ER -