National Aeronautics and Space Administration

In its own words: Drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of Earth.

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This agency on USAspending.gov →Its budget request to Congress →← Every agency

$24.6B

spent in fiscal year 2025 (net)

0.4 cents

of every federal dollar spent

$72

for every person in the country

$28.8B

committed in the year (obligations)

The Treasury’s books put its net outlays at $24,576,161,061. Its own accounts, as it reported them to USAspending, show $26,820,529,908 in gross outlays: the difference is what its programs took back in and what it paid to other federal accounts, lines the Treasury’s breakdown below lists and subtracts.

Over time

Net outlays in each fiscal year, from the Treasury's September statements.

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The figures

Fiscal year	Net outlays
2025	$24,576,161,061
2024	$25,014,807,017
2023	$25,319,040,398
2022	$23,078,751,682
2021	$22,248,799,228
2020	$21,523,922,995
2019	$20,178,660,142
2018	$19,753,900,774
2017	$18,697,727,095
2016	$18,828,577,328
2015	$18,271,712,360

Inside the agency, as the Treasury lists it

Net outlays by bureau and account, the same books as the total above. Open a line to see what is inside it. Lines in italics are subtracted: money the public paid back, and payments between federal accounts.

Science$7.52B30.6%
Aeronautics$974M4.0%
Exploration$7.63B31.0%
Cross Agency Support$2.91B11.9%
Space Operations$3.96B16.1%
Other$1.58B6.4%
Proprietary Receipts from the PublicMoney the public paid back to these accounts, subtracted from the total-$1.6M
Intrabudgetary TransactionsPayments between federal accounts, subtracted so nothing is counted twice-$1.2M

Its federal accounts

Each federal account is one pot of money Congress appropriates, and these are the 12 this agency paid out of, by gross outlays. Each opens on USAspending.gov, which lists its programs and awards.

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What kind of payment

Gross outlays by object class, grouped: what each dollar bought.

Contracts, goods and services74.0%$19,852,673,574
Pay and benefits of federal staff14.2%$3,819,115,430
Equipment, buildings and loans6.3%$1,699,441,387
Grants and subsidies5.2%$1,395,818,080
Refunds0.2%$52,732,351
Benefits paid to people<0.1%$749,085
Gross outlays100%$26,820,529,907

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Every object class

Research and development contracts$13.5B50.4%
Full-time permanent$2.67B9.9%
Transportation of things$1.34B5.0%
Advisory and assistance services$1.67B6.2%
Grants, subsidies, and contributions$1.40B5.2%
Other services from non-Federal sources$842M3.1%
Equipment$1.05B3.9%
Civilian personnel benefits$1.01B3.8%
Operation and maintenance of equipment$638M2.4%
Operation and maintenance of facilities$660M2.5%
Land and structures$652M2.4%
Other goods and services from Federal sources$607M2.3%
Supplies and materials$248M0.9%
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges$187M0.7%
Other personnel compensation$81M0.3%
Travel and transportation of persons$75M0.3%
Refunds$53M0.2%
Other than full-time permanent$52M0.2%
Rental payments to others$51M0.2%
Rental payments to GSA$4.4M<0.1%
Special personal services payments$2.5M<0.1%
Printing and reproduction$2.4M<0.1%
Medical care$3.1M<0.1%
Benefits for former personnel$1.9M<0.1%
Insurance claims and indemnities$749k<0.1%
Subsistence and support of persons$108<0.1%

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What its money pays for

Its gross outlays by the budget function and subfunction of each account. Open a function to see every agency that spends on it.

General Science, Space, and Technology96.4%$25.8B
Transportation3.6%$974M
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services<0.1%$765k
Gross outlays100%$26.8B

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Its awards: where they went and who got them

$22.9B in contracts, grants, loans and direct payments committed in the year. Payments to individuals are published only as totals, so they have a place but no recipient.

Contracts69.1%$15.8B
Contract vehicles (IDVs)24.3%$5.55B
Grants6.7%$1.52B
Awards100%$22.9B

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By state

California$4.48B19.6%
Maryland$2.12B9.3%
Alabama$1.92B8.4%
Virginia$1.78B7.8%
Texas$1.58B6.9%
Florida$1.34B5.9%
Colorado$1.05B4.6%
Washington$807M3.5%
Ohio$226M1.0%
Mississippi$187M0.8%
District of Columbia$182M0.8%
Arizona$182M0.8%

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Massachusetts$180M0.8%
Indiana$148M0.6%
Louisiana$128M0.6%
Pennsylvania$84M0.4%
New York$82M0.4%
New Hampshire$70M0.3%
Utah$45M0.2%
Missouri$42M0.2%
West Virginia$41M0.2%
Michigan$41M0.2%
Tennessee$40M0.2%
Illinois$38M0.2%
Iowa$33M0.1%
Georgia$32M0.1%
New Mexico$32M0.1%
Hawaii$29M0.1%
New Jersey$27M0.1%
Wisconsin$26M0.1%
Connecticut$25M0.1%
Kentucky$25M0.1%
Alaska$24M0.1%
North Carolina$22M0.1%
Montana$20M0.1%
Minnesota$18M0.1%
Delaware$18M0.1%
Oregon$16M0.1%
Kansas$10M<0.1%
Oklahoma$9.3M<0.1%
Maine$8.1M<0.1%
Nevada$7.7M<0.1%
Rhode Island$7.4M<0.1%
South Carolina$7.4M<0.1%
South Dakota$5.5M<0.1%
Idaho$5.2M<0.1%
Wyoming$4.1M<0.1%
North Dakota$3.4M<0.1%
Vermont$3.4M<0.1%
Puerto Rico$3.0M<0.1%
Nebraska$2.9M<0.1%
Arkansas$1.8M<0.1%
U.S. Virgin Islands$285k<0.1%
Guam$200k<0.1%

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Abroad

RUSSIA$24M0.1%
AUSTRALIA$23M0.1%
SPAIN$20M0.1%
CANADA$4.8M<0.1%
GERMANY$2.4M<0.1%
NORWAY$2.0M<0.1%
FRANCE$988k<0.1%
SWITZERLAND$982k<0.1%
BRAZIL$564k<0.1%
UNITED KINGDOM$236k<0.1%
SWEDEN$234k<0.1%
PERU$179k<0.1%

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DENMARK$100k<0.1%
SLOVENIA$69k<0.1%
CZECH REPUBLIC$54k<0.1%
FINLAND$17k<0.1%
AUSTRIA$13k<0.1%
BELGIUM$13k<0.1%
NEW ZEALAND$9k<0.1%
KOREA, SOUTH$150<0.1%

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Its largest recipients

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$2.30B10.0%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$2.15B9.4%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$1.31B5.8%
THE BOEING COMPANY$1.17B5.1%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$886M3.9%
BLUE ORIGIN WASHINGTON, LLC$829M3.6%
KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$782M3.4%
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$742M3.2%
PERATON INC.$541M2.4%
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$420M1.8%
THE BOEING COMPANY$367M1.6%
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$351M1.5%
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.$310M1.4%
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE OF DE, INC$299M1.3%
LEIDOS, INC.$291M1.3%

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$287M1.3%
BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$273M1.2%
PAE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES LLC$207M0.9%
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$187M0.8%
ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.$161M0.7%
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$158M0.7%
AXIOM SPACE INC$156M0.7%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$153M0.7%
CHENEGA GLOBAL PROTECTION, LLC$143M0.6%
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.$133M0.6%

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Its largest programs

ScienceAssistance listing 43.001$1.17B5.1%
Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)Assistance listing 43.008$89M0.4%
ExplorationAssistance listing 43.003$87M0.4%
AeronauticsAssistance listing 43.002$83M0.4%
Space TechnologyAssistance listing 43.012$58M0.3%
Space OperationsAssistance listing 43.007$19M0.1%
Mission SupportAssistance listing 43.009$15M0.1%
Congressionally Directed ProgramsAssistance listing 43.014-$3k-0.0%

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Net outlays and the bureau breakdown are the Monthly Treasury Statement’s for September 2025, table 5. Everything else is what National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal year 2025: its accounts, object classes and functions as gross outlays and obligations, and its contracts, grants, loans and direct payments as award obligations, by the place of performance. Awards are counted under the agency that made them.