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Mission
The NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, VA has been instrumental in
shaping aerospace history for more than eight decades. Established in 1917 as the
first national civil aeronautics laboratory, LaRC has become a comprehensive,
world-class center for aeronautics, earth science, space technology, and structures
and materials research.
To accomplish its mission, the Center depends heavily on state-of-the-art information
technology (IT), embracing computer systems ranging from laptop and desktop personal
computers to supercomputers; network systems ranging from building-dedicated through
Center-wide; data storage facilities ranging from diskettes to massive, centrally
accessed tape storage systems; and all of the associated operating, input/output, data
transfer, data management, and data analysis systems.
Further information on the LaRC mission and its contribution to the NASA vision can be
obtained from the Web site http://www.larc.nasa.gov.
(Excerpt from the NASA LaRC mission statement)
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