NASA Facts and Statistics for 2024

Last Updated on: January 8th, 2024



Here are a few of the most interesting NASA facts and statistics I was able to dig up in my internet travels. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.


Year NASA was established:

1958


How many employees does NASA have?

more than 18,000 employees

Last updated 3/22/16


Number of men to walk on the moon:

12


Years that the Mercury program was active:

1958-1963


Years that the Gemini program was active:

1961-1966


Years that the Apollo program was active:

1960-1972


Number of years the space shuttle was active:

30 years (1981-2011)


Number of successful space shuttle missions:

130 missions


Number of astronauts sent into space on Space Shuttles:

over 300


NASA Astronaut record for most cumulative days in space:

Peggy Whitson (665 days)

Last updated 10/29/18


NASA Astronaut record for longest single space flight:

Scott Kelly (340 days)

Last updated 3/22/16


Number of people that have visited the International Space Station:

230 people from 18 countries

Last updated 10/29/18


Number of spacewalks to date at the International Space Station:

212

Last updated 10/29/18


Speed of the International Space Station:

5 miles per second


Amount of time it takes the International Space Station to orbit Earth:

90 minutes


Number of nations involved in the International Space Station:

15 nations

Last updated 3/22/16


Number of years the Hubble Space Telescope has been exploring space:

26 years

Last updated 3/22/16


Number of observations the Hubble Space Telescope has made:

1.2 million

Last updated 3/22/16


Distance the Hubble Space Telescope has traveled:

3 billion miles

Last updated 3/22/16


Size of the Hubble Space Telescope data  archive:

100 Terabytes

Last updated 3/22/16


Average amount of new data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope annually:

10 Terabytes per year

Last updated 3/22/16


Weight of the Hubble Space Telescope:

27,000 pounds


Number of NASA offices:

10 locations


Amount appropriated by Congress to NASA in FY 2015:

$18.01 billion


Percentage of the US federal budget that goes to NASA:

approx 1%

Last updated 3/22/16


Number of spin-off commercial products that are a result of NASA technology:

1,800 (as of 2012)


Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. Most of these fun facts come from internet reports and may not be official tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.


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