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)

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $296.9 M

(1) For more information please visit: Value of NASA 

NASA Overall State Impact(1)

• Jobs Supported 5,187

• Economic Output $864,759,000

• State Tax Revenue $29,028,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 1,201

• Economic Output $208,006,000

• State Tax Revenue $7,073,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 315

• Economic Output $46,174,000

• State Tax Revenue $1,590,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $302,550,862

• Other Than Small Business $261,912,469

• Small Business $40,638,393

 – 8(A) Program $11,879,761

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $1,006,461

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $20,117,729

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $3,702,335

 – Small Business Innovative Research $124,961

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $27,512,211

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $4,087,546

 – Woman Owned Small Business $10,996,632

 – Small Business Only $650,914

Educational $3,516,907

Government $349,906

Non-profit Institutions $578,243

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Syncom Space Services, LLC $167,564,961

Drace Construction Corporation $19,554,000

Vertex Aerospace, LLC $17,457,355

Science Applications International Corporation $10,214,760

Messer, LLC $7,201,932

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

University of Mississippi $2,843,496

The University of Southern Mississippi $1,298,536

Mississippi State University $109,476

Space Grant Consortium 

University of Mississippi $800,000

NASA Centers:

Stennis Space Center

NASA Shared Services Center — Stennis Space Center

MISSISSIPPI
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)

Fred Haise

Donald Peterson

Richard Truly

There are 261 NASA federal jobs and 3,396

contractors* in the state of Mississippi. 

For every NASA federal job located in Mississippi, an additional 

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

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $5.8** million worth of output is 

sustained throughout the state economy.

* Represents NASA contractor employees and employees in the 

supply chain of those contractors.

** Multiplier based on IMPLAN Input Output (I-O) model. To learn more, 

please visit: https://blog.implan.com/understanding-implan-multipliers

MISSISSIPPI

Stennis Space Center

5,187

NASA Jobs

Supported

Mississippi Institutions

1332.2

Hours

NASA’s Stennis Space Center is the nation’s largest rocket propulsion 

test site and the lead center to manage all NASA propulsion test 

capabilities and assets. The center is currently testing RS-25 engines 

to help launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Artemis 

missions to the Moon and eventual flights to Mars.

NASA Stennis also is a leader in working with commercial aerospace 

companies and supports a range of commercial engine and component 

testing projects in and around its versatile E Test Complex.

NASA Stennis is a unique federal city with about 40 federal, state, 

academic, private, and technology-based tenants that share in 

operating costs while pursuing individual missions. The concept allows 

agencies to direct more funding to individual missions, making NASA 

Stennis a model of government efficiency. The FY21 SSC budget was 

$181 million.

The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) supports NASA by 

providing more than 60 services in the areas of financial management, 

human resources, procurement, enterprise services, and agency 

business support. The NSSC customer base extends across the nation 

and the world, including NASA employees, contractors, vendors, job 

seekers, and others.

NSSC is also responsible for management of the National Center for 

Critical Information Processing and Storage, a state-of-the-art data 

center that provides secure processing and storage for nationally 

sensitive, critical, or classified federal information. The FY21 NSSC 

budget was $75 million.