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Partnerships Space Administration Capabilities and Resources NASA Partnership Offices Partner with NASA National Aeronautics and connect partners with unique NASA www.nasa.gov/partnerships Space Administration capabilities and resources Contact us: www.nasa.gov/partnerships/contact.html TESTING ENGINEERING NASA PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY ASSETS Follow NASA on social media: As used here, the term “partnerships” does not include FAR-based contracts (aka procurements) which NASA uses to acquire goods & services. 3,000+ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Partner with NASA Active Partnerships with Industry, Academia, NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20546 U.S. Government Agencies and International Entities Reaching Our Mission Goals Together www.nasa.gov SP-2018-09-1191-KSC Explore Partnership Opportunities With NASA NASA offers 60 years of experience in advanced engineering and testing capabilities, cutting edge research and technology development, as well as unique assets such as land, facilities and laboratories for use by commercial industries, academic institutions, U.S. Government agencies and international entities. Goddard Space Flight Center including Wallops Flight Facility NASA Partnerships are found in every Earth Sciences Tools • Instrument Development & Miniaturization • Distributed Sensing State and many other countries Systems • LiDAR Machine Vision • Spacecraft Integration • Robotic Servicing • Launch Goddard Institute Range Services • Independent Verification & Validation for Space Studies Jet Propulsion Laboratory PLUM BROOK STATION GLENN RESEARCH CENTER GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER WALLOPS Remote Sensing Systems • Advanced Optics • Robotics & Autonomy • Communication & AMES RESEARCH CENTER FLIGHT FACILITY Software Independent Navigation Systems • Avionics • Mission Design & Concurrent Engineering • Earth Science Verification & LANGLEY Validation Facility Research & Applications Development • Data Analytics NASA RESEARCH ARMSTRONG FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER Headquarters CENTER Johnson Space Center including White Sands Test Facility JET PROPULSION LABORATORY MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER NASA Shared Human Spaceflight Design, Development, Systems Integration & Mission Operations • ISS WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY Services Center Coordination & Access • Crew Training & Mission Planning • Life Support Systems • STENNIS SPACE CENTER Space Suits • Human Health & Safety in Space • Orbital Debris • Facility Available for JOHNSON SPACE CENTER KENNEDY SPACE High-Pressure Oxygen Systems, Materials & Rocket Propellant Testing MICHOUD CENTER ASSEMBLY FACILITY Kennedy Space Center Launch & Landing Capabilities & Technologies • Available Land • Vehicle, Payload, Space- Ames Research Center craft & Small Satellite Processing • Integration & Testing • Plant Research & Production Autonomy & Human/Machine Learning • High Performance & Quantum Computing • Small Spacecraft Systems • Unmanned Aerial Systems • Atmospheric Entry Systems • Sensor Langley Research Center Technologies • Astrobiology & Space Biology • Air Traffic Management Tools On-Demand Mobility Technologies • Commercial Air Transport Technologies • Earth’s Atmospheric Composition • Lidar Remote Sensing Techniques • Entry, Descent & Landing Armstrong Flight Research Center Systems • Advanced Space Structures • Autonomous In-Space Assembly & Manufacturing Spacecraft/Aircraft Loads, Instrumentation & Systems Integration • Thermal & Ground Testing • Thermal Analysis & Systems Development • Flight Testing of Unique Research Marshall Space Flight Center including Michoud Assembly Facility Vehicles & Space Systems • Enable Low-cost Access on Commercial Suborbital Space Chemical Propulsion Development, Testing & Technology • Habitat & Environmental Platforms • Global Atmospheric Research Control • Life Support Systems Development, Testing & Technology • Facility Available for Large Scale Manufacturing & Equipment Glenn Research Center including Plum Brook Station Air-Breathing Propulsion • Electric Propulsion & Power Systems • Communications, Stennis Space Center Materials & Physical Sciences • Major Test Facilities including Aero-Propulsion Wind Testing for Propulsion & Launch Systems • Potential Lease Opportunities for NASA & Tunnels & Engine Test Cells • R&D Labs including the World’s Largest Vacuum Facility Commercial Space-Related Activities • Small UAV & Lander Testing Sites.
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