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NASA’s Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NACA was founded in 1915 it was disestablished with the creation of NASA in 1958

NASA Centers Ames Research Center Dryden Flight Research Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory Johnson Space Center Stennis Space Center Marshall Space Flight Center Kennedy Research Center Langley Research Center Wallops Flight Facility NASA Headquarters Goddard Space Flight Center Lewis Research Center

NASA Headquarters Washington DC 1,800 civil servants Formulates policy controls the budget and provides management oversight for programs conducted at 9 NASA Field Centers, the contractor-operated Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Wallops Facility under the direction of Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA HQ Interfaces with the executive and legislative branches Coordinates a broad range of international cooperation

Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 1,700 civil servants Founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory, conducts computer science and information systems development and space, earth, and life sciences

ARC Flight simulation Wind tunnel development and operation Supercomputing and advanced computer based modeling The origins of life in the universe Airborne sciences Advanced life support systems Helicopters and advanced rotorcraft Artificial intelligence

Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA 470 civil servants Adjacent to Edwards Air Force Base in the southern CA desert since 1946 and the home of historic X-plane testing, provides a versatile facility ideal for Space Shuttle landings and tests on a variety of aerospace vehicles.

Dryden Research Supports: High-performance aircraft and spacecraft General aviation Flight research through and above the atmosphere

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 3,500 civil servants Named for rocket propulsion pioneer Robert Goddard in Diverse responsibilities ranging from research in Earth science and astrophysics to satellite tracking and control.

Goddard Directs development of the Earth Observing System (EOS) Manages and operates the Hubble Space Telescope Operates the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) NASA’s primary satellite communications network Operates most Earth-orbiting robotic spacecraft

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 6,000 civil servants Government-owned facility since Operated by the California Institute of Technology under a NASA contract. Provides historic center of excellence in planetary science Home of the worldwide Deep Space Network of large ground-based satellite communications dishes.

JPL Designs and operates spacecraft to explore the Solar System. Including Spirit and Opportunity missions to Mars. Supports research in automated spacecraft operations and related computer science Develops advanced technology in spacecraft and science instrument miniaturization

Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 3,200 civil servants Established in 1961 as the Center for activities related to U.S. human spaceflight Manages the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS)

JSC Shuttle mission control and operations planning Selection and training of astronauts Applied medical and life sciences research Studies of lunar samples returned by the Apollo program

Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral, FL 2,400 civil servants Created in the early 1960’s as a launch site for Apollo Launch and primary landing facility for the Space Shuttle and expendable rockets

KSFC Prepares three Space Shuttle orbiters for launch and services them upon return Provides and maintains the Shuttle launch pads and control center Provides the primary landing site for the Shuttle Operates the Space Station Processing Facility where components of the ISS will be packaged for launch

Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 2,800 civil servants Established in 1917 as the nation’s first aeronautical research laboratory Responsible for some of the most important aeronautical advances of the 20 th century Performs research and development in aeronautics and space technology

Langley Aircraft safety and avionics Aerodynamics Hypersonic flight Space systems and instrumentation Advanced composite materials and their non- destructive testing Vertical/short-take-off and landing flight research

Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH 2,500 civil servants International leader in jet engine research since 1941 Expertise in advanced space propulsion and space power systems

Lewis Electrical power solar arrays for the ISS Combustion research Aircraft engine noise and emissions reduction Chemical and electric rocket propulsion Advanced turbojet aircraft engines

Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 3,330 civil servants Originally part of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, transferred to NASA in 1960 U.S. home of Wernher von Braun and other German rocket pioneers Provides expertise for rocket engine development Responsibilities in ISS, astrophysics, microgravity, and technology transfer

MSFC Manages the main rocket engines, external fuel tank and solid-fuel boosters for the Space Shuttle program Develops the pressurized living and working modules for the ISS Manages the development of the Advanced X- Ray Astrophysics Facility astronomy satellite Leads the development of the new generation of reusable launch vehicles

Michoud Assembly Facility New Orleans, LA Development site for the Space Shuttle’s propulsion system

Stennis Space Center MS 200 civil servants Premier U.S. Center for testing large rocket propulsion systems Supports the Space Shuttle program Fosters the commercialization of Earth observation data

Stennis Maintains and operates a range of engine test- firing stands Issues grants and provides expertise in land-use planning and other applications of Earth remote- sensing data

Wallops Flight Facility Wallops Island, VA 350 civil servants One of the world’s original rocket launch sites founded in 1945 Manages NASA’s suborbital sounding rocket program and scientific balloon flights to Earth’s upper atmosphere.