NASA Statistics, History and Facts (2021)

Year NASA was established:

1958

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How many employees does NASA have?

more than 18,000 employees

Last updated 3/22/16

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Number of men to walk on the moon:

12

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Years that the Mercury program was active:

1958-1963

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Years that the Gemini program was active:

1961-1966

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Years that the Apollo program was active:

1960-1972

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Number of years the space shuttle was active:

30 years (1981-2011)

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Number of successful space shuttle missions:

130 missions

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Number of astronauts sent into space on Space Shuttles:

over 300

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NASA Astronaut record for most cumulative days in space:

Peggy Whitson (665 days)

Last updated 10/29/18

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NASA Astronaut record for longest single space flight:

Scott Kelly (340 days)

Last updated 3/22/16

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Number of people that have visited the International Space Station:

230 people from 18 countries

Last updated 10/29/18

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Number of spacewalks to date at the International Space Station:

212

Last updated 10/29/18

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Speed of the International Space Station:

5 miles per second

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

90 minutes

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Number of nations involved in the International Space Station:

15 nations

Last updated 3/22/16

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

26 years

Last updated 3/22/16

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Number of observations the Hubble Space Telescope has made:

1.2 million

Last updated 3/22/16

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Distance the Hubble Space Telescope has traveled:

3 billion miles

Last updated 3/22/16

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Size of the Hubble Space Telescope data  archive:

100 Terabytes

Last updated 3/22/16

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

10 Terabytes per year

Last updated 3/22/16

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Weight of the Hubble Space Telescope:

27,000 pounds

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Number of NASA offices:

10 locations

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Amount appropriated by Congress to NASA in FY 2015:

$18.01 billion

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Percentage of the US federal budget that goes to NASA:

approx 1%

Last updated 3/22/16

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

1,800 (as of 2012)

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