United States Naval Research Laboratory facts for kids
The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological development and prototyping.
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Naval Research Laboratory seal used before 2016
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Part of the Naval Research Laboratory main campus in Washington, DC. The prominent satellite dish is often used as a symbol of the laboratory.
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This building on NRL's main campus features prominent radomes on its roof
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NRL satellite image of hurricane Harvey just prior to landfall on the Texas coast, 2017.
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Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1) NP-3D Orion.
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The Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research has a Tropical High Bay that is a 60-foot by 40-foot greenhouse, and it contains a re-creation of a southeast Asian rain forest. In the Tropical High Bay, temperatures average 80 degrees with 80 percent humidity year round.
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An aerial view of the NRL complex in 2012. The area shown contains the oldest five buildings on the campus.
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NRL in 1923, the year it was founded, showing the first five buildings on its campus
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NRL in 1944, after significant wartime growth
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NRL in 2001
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In Spanish: Laboratorio de Investigación Naval de Estados Unidos para niños
