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 273

• Economic Output $50,720,000

• State Tax Revenue $2,130,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 22

• Economic Output $4,886,000

• State Tax Revenue $206,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 60

• Economic Output $10,772,000

• State Tax Revenue $451,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $8,802,338 

• Other Than Small Business $4,081,852 

• Small Business $4,720,486 

 – 8(A) Program $0 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $404,560 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $404,560 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $0 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $1,789,421 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $1,316,338 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $0 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $488,310 

 – Small Business Only $1,655,974 

Educational $6,690,874 

Government $0 

Non-profit Institutions $0 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

MTS Systems Corporation $2,444,987 

Adventium Enterprises, LLC $1,624,897 

Architecture Technology, Inc. $1,000,221 

Aster Labs, Inc. $874,788 

Proto Labs, Inc. $700,351 

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

University of Minnesota $6,528,412 

Carleton College $98,495 

Winona State University $64,734 

University of St. Thomas $4,000 

Space Grant Consortium 

University of Minnesota $800,000 

MINNESOTA

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $13 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

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NASA Astronauts

(Former)

Robert Cabana

Duane Carey

Dale Gardner

Anil S. Menon

Karen Nyberg

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper

There are 12 NASA federal jobs and 155* contractors in the 

state of Minnesota. 

For every NASA federal job located in Minnesota, an additional 

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

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $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

MINNESOTA

273

NASA Jobs

Supported

Thirty-two Minnesota suppliers contributed 

to NASA’s Artemis program. An example of 

the state’s contributions is providing various 

metals and composite materials for the rocket’s 

propulsion.

Technicians encapsulated the SWOT satellite, or the 

Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, 

in its payload fairing on Dec. 8, 2022. SWOT is the first 

satellite to survey nearly all water on Earth’s surface. The 

University of Minnesota Duluth provided research for the 

SWOT mission.

Minnesota Institutions

3,013.1

Hours