Research lab · United States

NASA Kennedy Space Center

HQ Kennedy Space Center, FloridaFounded 196210000+ employeesUpdated Oct 19, 2026

NASA Kennedy Space Center is a multi-user spaceport on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

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Research lab Space, launch and counterspace

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Key facts

Type: Research lab
HQ: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Founded: 1962
Employees: 10000+
Parent: NASA
Facilities: 1

As of: Oct 19, 2026
Sources: 2

More facts (2)

As of: Oct 19, 2026
Sources: 2

About

NASA Kennedy Space Center is a multi-user spaceport on Florida’s Atlantic coast. It supports government and commercial access to space through launch infrastructure, spacecraft processing, engineering and partnerships with aerospace companies. Kennedy serves as NASA’s main launch site while also hosting facilities for research and technology development. Its combination of NASA operations and private-sector activity makes it important to distinguish the federal center from the separate companies using its assets. The center offers partnership and facility-access opportunities as well as civil-service employment through NASA. Commercial tenant and contractor jobs are advertised by their employers; a tenant’s presence does not make its facilities or products NASA-owned.

Institution and Contracts

Institution: NASA field center
Sponsor: NASA
Operator: NASA

Capabilities1

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Space, launch and counterspace	Researcher	—	—	Public research or engineering capability; no program-wide maturity or military deployment inferred.	Confirmed

Space, launch and counterspace
Researcher
Public research or engineering capability; no program-wide maturity or military deployment inferred.
—Confirmed

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

Facilities
Facility	Kind	Location	Status	Confidence
NASA Kennedy Space Center primary campus	Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States	Operating	Confirmed

NASA Kennedy Space Center primary campus
Launch site · Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States
Operating
Confirmed

Hiring Observations

NASA civil-service hiring guidance; vacancies are posted through USAJOBS and are agency-wide ↗

Use the official careers site for current openings and application requirements.

Sources2

Profile1

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Companynasa-kennedy-space-center website
Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq region
“People 10,000+”

Technologies1

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Government recordKennedy Space Center - NASA
Supports Facility, Organization, Organization technology
“multi-user spaceport”

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