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 168

• Economic Output $32,733,000

• State Tax Revenue $974,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 26

• Economic Output $5,424,000

• State Tax Revenue $157,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 28

• Economic Output $4,678,000

• State Tax Revenue $149,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $5,189,315 

• Other Than Small Business $100,325 

• Small Business $5,088,990 

 – 8(A) Program $0 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $0 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $0 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $0 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $0 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $4,652,327 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $47,048 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $1,499,873 

 – Small Business Only $389,615 

Educational $5,064,970 

Government $10,996 

Non-profit Institutions $0 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Space Tango, Inc. $3,152,454

Strategic Communications, LLC $1,499,873

Million Concepts, LLC $389,615

United Parcel Service Co. $70,000

All Safe Industries, Inc. $47,048

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

University of Kentucky $3,106,781

Morehead State University $1,179,989

University of Louisville $778,217

Space Grant Consortium 

University of Kentucky $827,101 

KENTUCKY
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

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NASA Astronauts

Randolph “Randy” Bresknik*

Terrance “Terry” Wilcutt

There are 12 NASA federal jobs and 95* contractors in the state 

of Kentucky. 

For every NASA federal job located in Kentucky, an additional 

13** jobs are supported in the state economy. For every million 

dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA federal 

jobs, an additional $4.8** 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

Kentucky

168

NASA Jobs

Supported

* Current

NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines 

activates a CubeLab Satellite to validate a new attitude 

control technology for small satellites. The experimental 

device, designed by the University of Kentucky in partnership 

with industry, was launched to the International Station in 

February 2022. 

The Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE) 

demonstrates an affordable technology for re-entry 

experiments and provides flight data on Thermal Protection 

Systems (TPS) to help validate computational models. 

Nine Kentucky suppliers contributed to NASA’s 

Artemis program. An example of the state’s 

contributions are the electrical cables and 

harnesses used in the Orion spacecraft.

Kentucky Institutions

88.8

Hours