Historic Facilities
Get to Know Past Facilities at Langley
For over a century, NASA Langley Research Center has been home to groundbreaking facilities where history was made. As new facilities are built on center to help usher in the next century of innovation, over the years, these historic facilities have been demolished. Learn about some of these past Langley facilities and the scientific achievements they lead to.
Langley Research Center Directors
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NASA Langley 100: A Storied Legacy, A Soaring Future
July 17, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Innovation at 100
July 17, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: 100 Years of Crafting Flight
January 16, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Breaking the Sound Barrier
February 16, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Making Space
March 1, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Knowing Earth
April 3, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Working with Warbirds
May 1, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Responding to Emergencies
June 3, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Sojourning to Mars
June 30, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: Into the Harshest Frontier
July 31, 2017
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NASA Langley 100: From Innovation to Benefit
September 1, 2017
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Inventing the Future
October 5, 2017
Selected Publications for Further Reading
NACA to NASA to Now
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century by Roger D. Launius tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (SP-4419, 2022)
Crafting Flight
Crafting Flight: Aircraft Pioneers and the Contributions of the Men and Women of NASA Langley Research Center by James Schultz (SP-4316, 2003) (PDF)
Engineer in Charge
Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917–1958 by James R. Hansen (SP-4305, 1987) (PDF)
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