National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

(2) NASA contracts sourced in the state in FY21; see FY21 NASA Economic Impact Report (3) Categories are not additive. For more information on FY21 Sample Obligations, please visit: NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS)

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $2.7 B

(1) For more information please visit: Value of NASA 

NASA Overall State Impact(1)

• Jobs Supported 41,084

• Economic Output $8,029,760,000

• State Tax Revenue $235,320,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 24,899

• Economic Output $4,953,649,000

• State Tax Revenue $143,789,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 1,083

• Economic Output $199,011,000

• State Tax Revenue $6,151,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $1,974,179,115

• Other Than Small Business $1,714,592,896

• Small Business $259,586,219

 – 8(A) Program $51,678,823

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $55,641,793

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $6,460,037

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $97,041,350

 – Small Business Innovative Research $4,150,016

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $183,716,250

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $99,122,606

 – Woman Owned Small Business $113,113,596

 – Small Business Only $11,129,836

Educational $36,767,141

 • Historically Black Colleges and Universities $943,276

Government $905,220

Non-profit Institutions $7,750,750

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

The Boeing Company $1,205,890,630

Jacobs Technology, Inc. $206,442,964

Dynetics, Inc. $148,907,345

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. $83,387,714

Aerie Aerospace, LLC. $45,249,102

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

The University of Alabama in Huntsville $28,610,799

Auburn University $4,813,271

University of Alabama at Birmingham $1,637,105

University of Alabama $693,582

University of South Alabama $69,108

Space Grant Consortium 

The University of Alabama in Huntsville $800,000

NASA Center:

Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, AL

ALABAMA
For more information about the

Economic Impact Report

for your state, go to:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Headquarters

300 E Street, SW

Washington, DC 20546

www.nasa.gov/centers

www.nasa.gov

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Cycle 1 Hours of Access

NASA Astronauts (Former)

Hank Hartsfield

Kathryn Hire

Mae Jemison

Kathryn Thornton

James S. Voss

Clifton C. Williams

There are 2,276 NASA federal jobs and 23,525* contractors* in 

the state of Alabama. 

For every NASA federal job located in Alabama, an additional 

17.1** jobs are supported in the state economy. For every 

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $6.2** million worth of output is 

sustained throughout the state economy.

* Represents NASA contractor employees and employees in the 

supply chain of those contractors.

** Multiplier based on IMPLAN Input Output (I-O) model. To learn more, 

please visit: https://blog.implan.com/understanding-implan-multipliers

ALABAMA

Marshall Space Flight Center—Huntsville, AL

41,084

NASA Jobs

Supported

Alabama Institutions

145.2

Hours

Space Launch System

International Space Station

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

Advanced Propulsion 

Human Landing System

Habitat Systems

Earth Science

Space Science

The FY21 Center budget was $4.6 billion.