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 333

• Economic Output $60,712,000

• State Tax Revenue $2,061,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 3

• Economic Output $512,000

• State Tax Revenue $21,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 35

• Economic Output $5,162,000

• State Tax Revenue $189,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $1,204,447 

• Other Than Small Business $705,695 

• Small Business $498,752 

 – 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 $0 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $0 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $0 

 – Small Business Only $498,752 

Educational $12,825,384 

Government $0 

Non-profit Institutions $0 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

 Rockwell Collins, Inc. $600,695

 BDC Group, Inc. $490,252

 Cottage Systems $105,000

 Integrated Dna Technologies, Inc. $8,500

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

University of Iowa $10,296,158

Iowa State University of Science and Technology $2,529,226

Space Grant Consortium 

Iowa State University $800,000 

IOWA

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $25.6 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

(Former)

Laurel Clark

Walter Cunningham

Dave Hilmers

James “Jim” Kelly

George Nelson

Loren Shriver

Peggy Whitson

There are 3 NASA federal jobs and 219* contractors in the state 

of Iowa. 

For every NASA federal job located in Iowa, an additional 110** 

jobs are supported in the state economy. For every million 

dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA federal 

jobs, an additional $44** 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

IOWA

333

NASA Jobs

Supported

The VLF trans-Ionospheric Propagation Experiment Rocket, or 

VIPER is studying very low frequency radio, or VLF, waves that 

are produced by both natural (e.g., lightning) and artificial means. 

During the day these waves are trapped or absorbed by the Earth’s 

ionosphere. At night, however, some of the waves escape through 

the ionosphere and accelerate electrons in the Van Allen Radiation 

Belt. A University of Iowa insturment was involved in this NASA 

mission.

Three Iowa suppliers contributed to NASA’s Artemis 

program. An example of the state’s contributions is 

a robotic inspection system developed to help teams 

inspect weld sections without interruption.

Iowa Institutions

24.3

Hours