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 1,645

• Economic Output $340,431,000

• State Tax Revenue $11,030,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 57

• Economic Output $14,750,000

• State Tax Revenue $367,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 295

• Economic Output $58,465,000

• State Tax Revenue $2,099,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $4,344,474 

• Other Than Small Business $667,690 

• Small Business $3,676,784 

 – 8(A) Program $0 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $128,733 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $30,305 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $1,230,844 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $0 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $362,732 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $1,479,588 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $579,450 

 – Small Business Only $1,383,747 

Educational $7,275,840 

•  Historically Black Colleges and Universities $97,861 

Government $0 

Non-profit Institutions $1,111,641 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Thundercat Technology, LLC $1,200,539 

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, Inc. $874,996 

Prevo Technologies, Inc. $483,000 

K S Ware & Associates, LLC $450,717 

R.W. Bruce Associates, LLC $248,744 

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

Vanderbilt University $4,229,952 

University of Tennessee $2,809,239 

University of Memphis $77,709 

Middle Tennessee State University $61,079 

Space Grant Consortium 

Vanderbilt University $794,714 

TENNESSEE

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $109.8 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

Michael Baker

John Bull

Tammy Jernigan

Margaret Seddon

William Shepherd

Barry “Butch” Wilmore*

There are 75 NASA Federal jobs and 896* contractors in the 

state of Tennessee. 

For every NASA federal job located in Tennessee, an additional 

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

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $8.3** 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

TENNESSEE

1,645

NASA Jobs

Supported

* Current

Nashville, Tennessee, split by the Cumberland River, is 

pictured in this overhead view from the International Space 

Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Volunteer State.

Nineteen Tennessee suppliers contributed to NASA’s 

Artemis program. An example of the state’s contributions is 

supporting the recovery of the Orion crew module.

Tennessee Institutions

192.9

Hours