Ames Research Center

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Coordinates: 37 ° 24 '54 "  N , 122 ° 3' 45"  W.

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The Ames Research Center ( ARC ) is a NASA research center with approx. 3000 employees, half of them NASA members. It is located in Moffett Field ( California ) at the boundaries of cities Mountain View and Sunnyvale .

history

The research facility was founded on December 20, 1939 as the second laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Founding member of NASA's predecessor was the American physicist and later President of Johns Hopkins University , Joseph Sweetman Ames . In his honor, the research facility was initially named Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. With the establishment of the US space agency in 1958, Ames was integrated into NASA and is now one of the field centers.

tasks

One of the main tasks of the ARC is basic research in the field of aviation technology. Ames operated the largest wind tunnel in the world until it was decommissioned in 2003. In the area of ​​supercomputers, Columbia and Pleiades stood out, when they were commissioned in 2004 and 2011, respectively, ranked 2 and 7 of the most powerful computers in the TOP500 list .

The Ames Research Center was also responsible for NASA's Pioneer spacecraft .

With the AILS , the Ames Research Center also operates an image archive that contains paintings, graphics and photos.

ladder

The previous leaders were:

  • Smith J. DeFrance : Chief Engineer of the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory July 25, 1940 - June 24, 1947, Director of the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory June 24, 1947 - October 1, 1958, Director of the NASA Ames Research Center October 1, 1958 - October 15 , 1947 October 1965
  • H. Julian Allen : October 15, 1965 - November 15, 1968, provisionally November 15, 1968 - February 20, 1969
  • Hans Mark : February 20, 1969 - August 15, 1977
  • Clarence A. Syvertson : Acting August 15, 1977 - April 30, 1978, as Director April 30, 1978 - January 13, 1984
  • William F. Ballhaus : January 16, 1984 - February 1, 1988
  • Dale L. Compton : acting February 1, 1988 - February 1, 1989
  • William F. Ballhaus: February 1, 1989 - July 15, 1989
  • Dale L. Compton: Acting July 15, 1989 - December 20, 1989, as Director December 20, 1989 - January 28, 1994
  • Ken Munechika : January 28, 1994 - March 4, 1996
  • Henry McDonald : March 4, 1996 - September 19, 2002
  • Scott Hubbard : September 19, 2002 - February 15, 2005
  • Marvin Christensen : acting February 15, 2005 - May 4, 2006
  • Simon P. Worden : May 4, 2006 - March 31, 2015
  • Eugene Tu : since May 4, 2015

See also

Web links

Commons : Ames Research Center  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ top500.org: Columbia. Retrieved April 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ top500.org: TOP500 Supercomputer Sites. June 2011, accessed April 19, 2016 .
  3. ↑ NASA: NASA and NACA Center Directors. Retrieved April 19, 2016 .
  4. ^ Walter G. Vincenti, John W. Boyd, Glenn E. Bugos: H. Julian Allen: An Appreciation. (PDF) NASA, p. 13 , accessed on April 19, 2016 (English): "Allen resigned as Center Director in 1968, but remained as acting Center Director until his replacement was named in February 1969"