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Good for Texas Tour: NASA
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Texas economy
Johnson Space Center
[Texas map showing location of each]
Johnson Space Center Main Campus
Sonny Carter Training Facility/Natural Buoyancy Lab
Ellington Field
52,352 DIRECT AND INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT
$4.7 Billion GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
$7.9 Billion OUTPUT
NASA and Higher Education in Texas
2018 payments to Texas universities affiliated research organizations for grants awarded by NASA
| Entity | Funding Provided in 2018 |
|---|---|
| Center for the Advancement of Science | $11,808,000 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $7,924,000 |
| Universities Space Research Association | $6,838,000 |
| Texas A&M University | $922,000 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch | $907,000 |
| University of Houston System | $624,000 |
| Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance | $502,000 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | $444,000 |
| William Marsh Rice University | $362,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | $318,000 |
| Texas Tech University System | $166,000 |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $95,000 |
| Prairie View A&M University | $78,000 |
| Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | $52,000 |
| Methodist Hospital | $29,000 |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $20,000 |
| Grand Total | $31,088,000 |
JSC and Small Business
The Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) provides opportunities for small businesses to collaborate with NASA on research and development efforts in key technology areas.
146 SMALL BUSINESSES
$123 Million AMOUNT THE STTR PROVIDED TO PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESSES IN 2018
Space Center Houston
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Visitors to JSC in 2018
33% OTHER STATES
26% OTHER TEXAS
8% HOUSTON-AREA RESIDENTS
33% INTERNATIONAL
An estimated 1.1 million people visited JSC in 2018.
Out-of-state visitors spend more than $150 million annually as a result of their visits to JSC, generating about $10 million in state taxes.
Sources: NASA, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, REMI, Johnson Space Center