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NASA’S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER is working toward a bright future and improving life on Earth today with new technology, research, and science. Located on over 1700 acres in Houston, Texas, our roots here are strengthened through partnerships with Texas universities, private companies, and nonprofits, and we are constantly seeking new paths for local collaboration. NASA is setting its sights on deep space exploration, and Texas will play a critical role in that mission.

ECONOMIC IMPACT DOING BUSINESS WITH TEXAS

$4.42BTotal JSC Budget

$2.02BTotal JSC Budget Spent in Texas(JSC spending on contracts and federal salaries)

JSC Budget

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Leading the Way – Building Texas’ Aerospace Infrastructure

JSC CONTINUES TO SERVE as the leader and originator of human space flight, drawing more and more aerospace industry to the Greater Houston Region and Texas every year. As JSC’s mission expands in coming decades to accommodate missions to more distant destinations, Texas will continue to provide a perfect home-base for training, planning, and command.

FY 16 BUDGET BY PROGRAM

• $1.1B International Space Station

• $1.2B Orion Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle

• $34.8M Commercial Crew Program

• $47.2M Advanced Exploration Systems

• $1.4B Commercial Cargo Program

$46MSmall Disadvantaged Business

$62MWomen-Owned Business

$108MSmall Business

$11.8MSmall Business Innovative Research

$23.4M8(a) Contracts

$5.2MNASA Research Announcements(JSC spending on Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) across the nation)

$18.3MUniversities

$62.8MNon-profit Awards

Select NASA Expenditures in Texas

Astronauts work closely with engineers at the Johnson Space Center to design the Orion spacecraft for safe and successful deep space exploration missions.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

THROUGH STRATEGIC BUSINESS AND PARTNERSHIPS, JSC continues to partner with academia, industry, and non-profits to advance technologies that will enable space exploration and benefit life on Earth. In 2015/2016,

• JSC partnered with 83 Texas based organizations formally through our space act agreements.

• Participated in various technology based conferences (e.g., 2016 SpaceCom, Technology Collaboration Center, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston Texas Medical Center Xconomy, South by Southwest, and Pumps-N-Pipes) through speakers, exhibits, and participation.

• Invited over 1,000 guests to JSC to see space technology and speak with our technical experts.

JSC offers co-development opportunities as well as technology that will be transferred from across NASA. In turn, we also seek advanced technologies from various Texas industries. This two way exchange of information, ideas, and innovation positions both our partners and JSC for the new era of deep space exploration.

Our People - NASA JSC Workforce

• Federal Employees: 2,952

• Contractors: 8,026

• Total JSC Workforce: 10,978

NASA/JSC Workforce:

• Federal Employees: 2,906

• Contractors: 7,630

• Total in Texas: 10,536

Workforce in Texas:

White Sands Test Facility Workforce:

• Federal Employees: 45

• Contractors: 396

• Total WSTF: 441

Estimated Federal and Contractor Workforce Salaries in Texas and

New Mexico

$1.857B

Engineers or scientist

74%

Hold science, engineering or

technical degrees

74%

Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree

95%Hold a graduate

degree

42%Are female

35%Are minorities

29%Perform science,

technical or aerospace work

74%

S P A C E C E N T E R H O U S T O N

HOUSTON’S ONLY SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE MUSEUM, Space Center Houston, JSC's official visitor's center, generates annually a $73M economic impact, 925 jobs and $36M in personal income in greater Houston.

• Over 1 million visitors

• More than 200,000 youth visited the center • Approximately 400 employees and contractors

• 4900 volunteer hours

As JSC's past is

also this state’s heritage, Space Center Houston plays a

critical role in the preservation of Texas history. Mission artifacts from

Mercury through Shuttle are on display for all to see, including a touchable moon rock, a Saturn V rocket, and the original shuttle

carrier aircraft NASA 905 with the full-scale shuttle replica

Independence that visitors can enter and explore.

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NASA Exhibit at Space Commerce Conference and Exposition in Houston, TX

Human exploration of Deep Space crosses three thresholds - Earth Reliant, Proving Ground, and Earth Independent - each with increasing challenges as humans move farther from Earth. JSC is managing these challenges by developing and demonstrating capabilities in incremental steps:

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Earth Reliant exploration is focused on research aboard the International Space Station. From this world-class microgravity laboratory, we are testing technologies and advancing human health and performance research that will enable deep space, long duration missions. Our Commercial Crew and Cargo partners are working hard to maintain operations in low-Earth orbit. This secured US commercial access to low-Earth orbit allows NASA to continue leveraging ISS as a microgravity test bed while preparing missions in the proving ground of deep space and beyond.

Earth Reliant

In the Proving Ground, NASA will learn to conduct complex operations in a deep space environment that allows crews to return to Earth in a matter of days. Primarily operating in the area of space near the Moon, NASA will advance and validate capabilities required for humans to live and work at distances much farther away from our home planet, such as at Mars. With the Space Launch System, Orion crewed spacecraft, and revitalized space launch complex, NASA has made significant advancements in our transportation capabilities for deep space exploration.

Proving Ground

Earth Independent

Earth Independent activities will build on what we learn on the space station and in the proving ground to enable human missions to the Mars vicinity, possibly to low-Mars orbit or one of the Martian moons, and eventually the Martian surface. Future Mars missions will represent a collaborative effort between NASA and its partners—a global achievement that marks a transition in humanity’s expansion as we go to Mars to seek the potential for sustainable life beyond Earth.

NASA’s strategic

vision is implemented throughout JSC engineering,

science, exploration, and flight operations. JSC contributes to

all stages in the development of elements needed for a safe

human Mars mission.

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Global PartnershipSpace Laboratory Deep Space Exploration Commercial Space Market

In the past 16 years of operation, more than 2000 science experiments have been conducted by more than 3000 investigators from 95 countries. These experiments are multidisciplinary and include biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science educational activities, human research, physical sciences, and technology.

The national lab offers a unique environment to perform research that allows the development not just of pharmaceuticals, but also better product development across a wide range of industries that may not have otherwise realized the benefits of using the space station for research. This research could have profound impacts for life on Earth, while driving the growth of a robust commercial marketplace in space.

A technology development testbed for deep space exploration.

The International Space Station serves as the world’s leading laboratory where researchers conduct cutting edge research and technology development that will enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars.

Growing a commercial marketplace in space.

The International Space Station facilitates the growth of a robust commercial market in low-Earth orbit for scientific research, technology development, and human and cargo transportation.

A global partnership model for future exploration beyond Earth.

The International Space Station is the blueprint for global cooperation – one that enables a U.S.-led multinational partnership and advances shared goals in space exploration.

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) is a blueprint for global cooperation and scientific advancements, a destination for growing a commercial marketplace in low-Earth orbit, and a test bed for demonstrating new technologies. It is the springboard to NASA’s next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.

For more information about the project development process and conducting research on the ISS, please visit:www.spacestationresearch.com

Benefits for Humanity

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EARTH RELIANT

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C O M M E R C I A L C R E W

NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW TRANSPORTATION CAPABILITY (CCTCAP) contracts bring the United States one step closer to launching crew from American soil. Commercial transportation to and from the International Space Station will provide for additional research and discovery on the orbiting laboratory. The station is critical for NASA’s continued research for understanding and overcoming the challenges of long-duration spaceflight necessary for the journey to Mars.

GOAL: SAFETY: MULTIPLE CONTRACT AWARDS:

CONTRACT TERMS:

Facilitate the development of U.S. commercial crew space transportation systems to provide safe, reliable, cost-effective access to and from the station and low-Earth orbit from America.

Transport pressurized scientific research and cargo and increase the station crew, enabling twice the amount of scientific research to be conducted.

By encouraging private companies to provide human transportation services to and from low-Earth orbit, NASA can expand its focus to building spacecraft and rockets for deep space exploration missions.

Crew safety is paramount.

Robust NASA insight into safety and performance.

Competition results in most cost-effective and safe systems and provides critical redundancy.

FAR-based firm, fixed-price contracts; both providers must meet the same NASA requirements.

Commercial Crew Astronauts

NASA selected four astronauts in July 2015 to work with Boeing and SpaceX as they finalize the designs of their crew transportation systems.

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American Ingenuity:

Returning these launches to American soil has significant economic benefits, with more than 1,000 suppliers working across nearly every state on commercial crew spacecraft systems.

Focus on Science:

The commercial carriers will enable the U.S. to expand the ISS crew to 7 astronauts and cosmonauts. An extra person translates to 40 additional hours of crew time per week. This facilitates more research in Earth, space, physical, and biological sciences to advance scientific knowledge for the benefit of people living on Earth.

Lowering the cost of

access to space and enhancing the

U.S. economy

2X MORE TIME FOR

RESEARCH

EARTH RELIANT

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IT’S TIME.TO GO FURTHER.

TO ASPIRE TO MORE.

TO INITIATE THE NEXT GREAT ERA IN HUMAN HISTORY.

NASA’s Journey to Mars travels through Orion’s award-winning business partners in 48 states and Puerto Rico. There are more than 4,000 people who work on Orion nationwide.

Texas is home to more than 100 small and large businesses that have contributed to the Orion Program since its inception.

NASA and its prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, are approaching the end of Orion’s development phase, having successfully tackled many of the toughest engineering challenges associated with human exploration of deep space. The team remains on track for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) in 2018 and Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2), the first crewed flight, as early as 2021.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft is the only vehicle designed to transport humans to explore interplanetary destinations, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew, and provide safe re-entry from long-duration deep space missions. Atop NASA’s Space Launch System, Orion will take us farther than we’ve ever gone before, including to Mars.

Propulsion Qualification Module arrives at White

Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

Post landing recovery training at Neutral

Buoyancy Lab in Houston, Texas.

Vibration evaluation of display visibility in

Houston, Texas.

Docking hatch egress evaluation at the Space

Vehicle Mockup and Training Facility in

Houston, Texas.

Orion parachute drop tests at Army Yuma

Proving Ground in Arizona.

The Orion program is managed out of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. JSC is responsible for training the astronaut crew and recovery teams, developing and testing Orion’s parachute and crew systems and managing propulsion testing at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

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PROVING GROUND

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EARTH INDEPENDENT

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E D U C A T I O N

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION offers opportunities to inspire and engage the next generation of Texas’ STEM workforce through numerous programs and initiatives.

NASA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AEROSPACE SCHOLARS

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars expanded, making 2016 the biggest year ever.

online students reached754

541students across the country provided with an intensive 4-day residential experience at eight NASA centers.

72% of the students came from Minority Serving Institutions and represent 192 community colleges in 37 states.

Over 26 NCAS alumni completed summer internships across the agency.

HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS

Texas Aerospace Scholars (TAS) encourages Texas students to explore the unlimited

career possibilities in STEM with space exploration as its central theme. In 2016, the program

engaged 725 Texas high school students in a 16-week interactive online course.

261 of those students visited JSC for a week-long summer experience.

STEM ON STATION

STEM ON STATION is an online classroom celebrating the International Space Station. Educators can learn how to bring Space into the classroom, with lesson plans, videos, and up to the minute education news.

• 404,237 page views on the STEM on Station website

• 13 in-flight education downlinks reaching over 650 educators and 7,000 students

• STEM on Station hands-on kits engaged over 100,000 students and educators

• Partnered with Texas Instruments to deliver mISSion imaginaTIon, a STEM-based design challenge related to the One Year Mission

• Additional collaborations with TIME For Kids, 4-H/ NIFA, Texas State University/Educator Professional Development Collaborative, LEGO and Google

Jimmy Lazo’s road to NASA involved multiple educational opportunities at Johnson Space Center, including his team’s participation in Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT).

Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships

Internships provide hands-on, mentored experiences aligned with student academic pursuits in science, engineering, communications, education and business .

Educator Professional Development

Our professional development K-12, pre-service and informal educators. JSC integrates NASA missions, education resources, and NASA-unique facilities to provide high-quality STEM content and hands-on learning experiences. Educators return to their classrooms equipped with real-world experiences relevant to NASA content and a readiness to teach and engage their students in the STEM.

Institutional Engagement

Through partnerships with NASA Minority University Research and Education Project and NASA Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate, 29 universities (44% Minority Serving Institutions) engaged more than 200 undergraduates in unique experiential learning opportunities spanning a variety of NASA mission-relevant areas.

STEM Engagement

Designed to increase students' interest and involvement in STEM, improve their ability to participate in STEM studies and careers, and enhance their understanding of the value of STEM in their lives.

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