NASA Headquarters
Headquarters of NASA in Washington, D.C. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Headquarters of NASA in Washington, D.C. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building at 300 E Street SW in Washington, D.C. houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency NASA, under the leadership of the NASA administrator. NASA Headquarters is organized into four Mission Directorates: Aeronautics, Exploration Systems, Science, and Space Operations. Ten field centers and a variety of installations around the country conduct the day-to-day work of the agency.[3]
Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters | |
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Alternative names | Two Independence Square |
General information | |
Type | Government offices Commercial offices |
Location | 300 Hidden Figures Way SW Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°52′59″N 77°00′59″W |
Named for | Mary W. Jackson |
Completed | 1992 |
Owner | Hana Asset Management[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 9 |
Floor area | 606,000 sq ft (56,300 m2) |
Design and construction | |
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Developer | Boston Properties |
Other information | |
Public transit access | Federal Center SW |
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The James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, named for NASA's second administrator James E. Webb, hosts agency news conferences and NASA Social events. A lending library, the history office, archives, production facilities for NASA TV, and a NASA gift shop are also housed in the building.[4]
The building, which opened in 1992 as Two Independence Square as part of the two-building Independence Square complex which was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, with George How as the senior designer.[5] It is currently owned by South Korean investment firm Hana Asset Management and leased to NASA through 2028.[1]
On June 12, 2019, the street in front of the building was renamed Hidden Figures Way in honor of some of NASA's black women mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary W. Jackson, who were the central characters in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.[6] On June 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C. had been renamed to Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, after NASA's first black woman engineer, Mary W. Jackson.[7] On February 26, 2021, a ceremony was held officially renaming the building.[8]
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