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 117

• Economic Output $22,243,000

• State Tax Revenue $783,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 2

• Economic Output $286,000

• State Tax Revenue $11,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 69

• Economic Output $12,658,000

• State Tax Revenue $463,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $9,511,710 

• Other Than Small Business $1,309,716 

• Small Business $8,201,994 

 – 8(A) Program $7,382,466 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $7,131,842 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $263,391 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $0 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $262,460 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $8,138,143 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $0 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $7,131,842 

 – Small Business Only $63,851 

Educational $4,260,208 

Government $95,487 

Non-profit Institutions $1,270,799 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services $7,119,075

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. $1,266,380

Skymark Refuelers, LLC $480,450

Tom & Jerry, Inc. $263,391

Kalscott Engineering, Inc. $262,460

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

Wichita State University $4,021,956

Kansas State University $238,252

Space Grant Consortium 

Wichita State University $800,000 

KANSAS

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $6.4 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

Joseph Engle

Ronald Evans

Tyler N. “Nick” Hague*

Steven Hawley

There are 5 NASA federal jobs and 73* contractors in the state 

of Kansas. 

For every NASA federal job located in Kansas, an additional 

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

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $7.6** 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

KANSAS

117

NASA Jobs

Supported

* Current

Seventeen Kansas suppliers contributed to NASA’s 

Artemis program. An example of the state’s 

contributions is the supply of different electronic 

components like fiber channel connectors and 

switches for Orion.

Agricultural activities along the Arkansas River in the state of 

Kansas, a leader in wheat, grain sorghum and beef production, 

are pictured from the International Space Station.

Kansas Institutions

784.2

Hours