Holdings in the NASA Ames Research Center Archives document the history of Ames from 1939 to the present, including the center's affiliation with both NASA (as Ames Research Center) and its precursor organization the NACA (as Ames Aeronautical Laboratory). Ames is NASA's second oldest center after Langley Research Center. As a multidisciplinary research center in continuous operation for over 80 years, Ames has conducted a wide range of basic and applied research, engineering, and operations to support the nation's aeronautics and space endeavors.