Berkeley Lab is a multidisciplinary national laboratory that conducts nonclassified research. We are located in Berkeley, California on a site in the hills directly above the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Overlooking both the campus and San Francisco Bay, the site consists of 76 buildings located on 183 acres.
Ames was founded December 20, 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and in 1958 became part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ames specializes in research geared toward creating new knowledge and new technologies that span the spectrum of NASA interests.
NASA Ames Research Center is located at Moffett Field, California in the heart of "Silicon Valley".
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory conducts leading-edge research to answer the most profound questions in observational astronomy.
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831/459-2513; Fax: 831/426-3115
At Chabot Space & Science Center (CSSC), the universe is yours to experience. Set amid 13 trail-laced acres of East Bay parkland, with glorious views of San Francisco Bay and the Oakland foothills, CSSC is a hands-on celebration of sights, sounds, and sensations.
The cable car was born in San Francisco at four o'clock in the morning on August 2, 1873, when Andrew Smith Hallidie successfully tested the world's first cable car. Operated by the nonprofit "Friends of the Cable Car Museum" the Cable Car Museum provides not only an historical perspective of the importance of the cable car to San Francisco, but an insight into the daily operations of today's system.
