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)

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

NASA Overall State Impact(1)

• Jobs Supported 1,102

• Economic Output $175,483,000

• State Tax Revenue $6,701,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 31

• Economic Output $7,002,000

• State Tax Revenue $228,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 320

• Economic Output $50,711,000

• State Tax Revenue $1,946,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $8,877,645 

• Other Than Small Business $687,338 

• Small Business $8,190,307 

 – 8(A) Program $0 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $719,200 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $2,341,120 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $36,497 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $3,040,026 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $3,590,859 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $71,730 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $882,400 

 – Small Business Only $1,796,766 

Educational $5,486,815 

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities $446,428 

Government $301,276 

Non-profit Institutions $423,233 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Acuity Edge, Inc. $2,278,890 

PolarOnyx, Inc. $1,499,848 

Adroit Materials $750,000 

Multi3D, Inc. $742,905 

Fuentek, LLC $719,200 

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

North Carolina State University $2,253,951 

Duke University $1,396,399 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $631,489 

East Carolina University $251,693 

Wake Forest University $217,964 

Space Grant Consortium 

North Carolina State University $800,000 

NORTH CAROLINA

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $58 M
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

James Webb Space Telescope

Cycle 1 Hours of Access

NASA Astronauts

Ellen Baker

Charles Brady

Curt Brown

Charlie Duke

Susan Helms

Robert “Bob” Hines*

Christina Hammock Koch*

Tom Marshburn*

William “Bill” McArthur

Michael Smith

William “Bill” Thorton

There are 34 NASA Federal jobs and 680* contractors in the 

state of North Carolina. 

For every NASA federal job located in North Carolina, an 

additional 31.4** jobs are supported in the state economy. For 

every million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by 

NASA federal jobs, an additional $9.7** million worth of output 

is sustained throughout the state economy. 

* Indirect effects are the purchases of goods and services by 

government agencies and private sector contractors, as well as by 

the industries that supply them.

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

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

NORTH CAROLINA

1,102

NASA Jobs

Supported

* Current

Twenty-two North 

Carolina suppliers 

contributed to NASA’s 

Artemis program. 

An example of the 

state’s contributions 

is textile materials 

used on Artemis for 

thermal protection.

North Carolina’s Granville County is the birthplace of 

James Webb, former NASA Administrator and namesake 

of the James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb 

Space Telescope captured its first images in 2023, 

providing the world with a powerful new window into 

understanding the universe around us. 

North Carolina 

Institutions

156.6

Hours