Alternative names NASA Headquarters Floor count 9 | Completed 1992 | |
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Type Government offices
Commercial offices Location 300 E Street SW
Washington D.C. Architect Evans Heintges Architects
Kohn Pederson Fox |
Two Independence Square, better known as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency NASA, under the leadership of the NASA administrator. Ten field centers and a variety of installations around the country conduct the day-to-day work.
Map of Washington, DC, USA
To implement NASA's mission, NASA Headquarters is organized into four Mission Directorates.
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 and archives along with production facilities for NASA TV are also housed in the building.