NASA Headquarters
The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters is a building at 300 E Street SW in Washington, D.C. that houses NASA leadership, who provide overall guidance and direction to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a U.S. government executive branch agency led by the NASA administrator.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Government office
- Description: headquarters of NASA in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters”, “Mary W. Jackson National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters”, “NASA”, “NASA HQ”, and “Two Independence Square”
- Address: 300 E Street Southwest, DC
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
United States Capitol
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 3,300 feet northeast of NASA Headquarters.
Museum of the Bible
Museum
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of the Bible is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, owned by Museum of the Bible, Inc, a non-profit Christian missionary organization, associated with the A/G in Missouri, established in 2010 by the Green family as a non-profit. Museum of the Bible is situated 640 feet north of NASA Headquarters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfront and Capitol Hill.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
NASA Headquarters
- Categories: headquarters, government building, NASA facility, building, and office
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88293° or 38° 52′ 59″ northLongitude
-77.01635° or 77° 0′ 59″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Levels
9Open location code
87C4VXMM+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 48037371OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q618673
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“NASA Headquarters” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “NASA總部”
- Chinese: “美國太空總署總部”
- Czech: “Centrála NASA”
- French: “Centre Mary W. Jackson, siège de la NASA”
- French: “siège de la Nasa”
- French: “Siège de la NASA”
- German: “NASA-Hauptquartier”
- Italian: “Quartier generale della NASA”
- Japanese: “NASA本部”
- Korean: “NASA 본부”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “NASA Headquarters”
- Norwegian: “NASA Headquarters”
- Persian: “مرکز فرماندهی ناسا”
- Portuguese: “Sede da NASA”
- Spanish: “Cuartel general de la NASA Mary W. Jackson”
- Spanish: “Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters”
- Spanish: “NASA Headquarters”
- Turkish: “NASA Genel Merkezi”
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