![Shown is Russell Robinson (right) supervising the first excavation for the Ames laboratory on Dec. 20, 1939.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/432075main_0-82_orig_full.jpg)
First Excavation for the Ames Laboratory on Dec. 20, 1939
Before there was a “Silicon Valley,” there was the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory between Mountain View and Sunnyvale in California, founded in 1939.
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