Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA aerospace research center in California, USA
Organization nasa_facility Q305443
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Summary

Armstrong Flight Research Center is a NASA facility[1]. It draws 757 Wikipedia views per month (nasa facility category, ranking #11 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kern County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: research institute[5], research center[6]
  • Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7]
  • Named after: Neil Armstrong[8]
  • Headquarters location: Edwards Air Force Base[9]
  • Commons category: Armstrong Flight Research Center[10]
  • Inception: September 30, 1946[11]
  • Parent organization or unit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[12]
  • Official website: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/[13], https://www.nasa.gov/armstrong/[14]
  • Official name: Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center[15]
  • Short name: ARFC[16]
  • Social media followers: 318,725[17], 276,473[18], 131,000[19], 370,980[20], 401,434[21], 135,000[22], 136,000[23], 140,000[24]
  • P14541: 39EUrZ[25]

Why It Matters

Armstrong Flight Research Center has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: US-NASA-DrydenFlightResearchCenter-Logo.svg"
  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 782139271
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 782139271, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/782139271 in United States"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Littlesis organization id → —
    Named after → Hugh Latimer Dryden, Neil Armstrong
    Isni → 0000000108056998
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    + 73 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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