FACT SHEET

NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

Office Of Public Affairs/Feb 92

MISSION:

Perform innovative aerospace research that is relevant to national needs and agency goals
Transfer research results to users in a timely manner
Provide development support to other government agencies, industry, and other NASA centers

HISTORY:

1915:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics formed
1917:Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory founded
1948:Name changed to Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
1958:National Aeronautics and Space Administration founded; name changed to Langley Research Center

Langley's accomplishments include 5 Collier Trophies, an annual award for aviation's greatest achievement. In 1958 Langley was chosen to manage Project Mercury, the United States' first manned space project. Today, Langley has diversified to encompass the space age and to include research on advanced space transportation concepts to carry us into the 21st Century.

DIRECTOR:

Paul F. Holloway

LOCATION:

Hampton, Va., Hampton Roads region of SE section of state.

PHYSICAL STATISTICS:

788 acres (West Area) + 20 ac "permitted" by LAFB (East)
203 buildings (not including power stations or trailers)
$619M original investment value
$1.6B replacement value on today's market

TOTAL BUDGET ($M):

 FY          NASA           LaRC*
1988 ....... 9,001.1 .......411.2
1989 .......10,897.5 .......478.3  
1990 .......12,297.0 .......499.5
1991 .......13,683.0 .......558.0 
1992 .......14,352.8 .......546.8
*Includes LaRC programs + major reimbursables from other centers.

CIVIL SERVANT EMPLOYEES:

Number:     Permanent ......2925 
            Non-permanent ..  19

            Total ..........2944

1992 payroll: $163.9M (includes all compensation)

CONTRACTED WORK, ANNUAL PROCUREMENTS:

Support service personnel: approx 2450 (incl 1100 professional)
Support contracts, approx annual value: $145.0M
All active contracts, grants and unexercised options through end FY91, total value: $2.3B (excluding purchase orders)
FY91 total procurements: $401.9M (including contracts, purchase orders, grants, etc.)

LANGLEY'S FY91 $ CONTRIBUTION TO:

Virginia economy: ..................... $190.6M contract awards to businesses ....... 166.4 non-profit institutions ............. 5.0 educational institutions ............ 19.2 Hampton Roads economy: ................ $185.5M contract awards to businesses ....... 178.6 educational institutions ............ 6.9 NOTES: Hampton Roads figures are included in Virginia figures.

Does not include civil service and contractor payroll.

SIGNIFICANT LaRC FACILITIES

HAVING NATIONAL (OR UNIQUE) CAPABILITY

WIND TUNNELS

Hypersonic Facilities Complex
- Hypersonic CF4 Tunnel, B-1275
- 20-Inch Mach 6 Tunnel, B-1247D
- Mach 6 High Reynolds Number Tunnel, B-1247D
- Mach 8 Variable Density Tunnel, B-1247D
- 31-Inch Mach 10 Tunnel, B-1257A (formerly Continuous Flow Hypersonic Tunnel)
- Hypersonic Nitrogen Tunnel, B-1247B
- Hypersonic Helium Tunnel, B-1247B
Low Turbulence Pressure Tunnel, B-582A
8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, B-640
30- x 60-Foot Tunnel, B-643
20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel, B-645
16-Foot Transonic Tunnel, B-1146
High-Speed 7- x 10-Foot Tunnel, B-1212B
14- x 22-Foot Tunnel, B-1212C
National Transonic Facility, B-1236
1/3 Meter Transonic Cryogenic Tunnel, B-1242
Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility , B-1247B
Combustion-Heated Scramjet Test Facility, B-1221
High-Reynolds Number Helium Tunnel Complex, B-1247H
Unitary Wind Tunnel, B-1251
8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel, B-1265
Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, B-648