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 nonprofit Christian missionary organization established in 2010 by the Green family. Museum of the Bible is situated 640 feet north of NASA Headquarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Capitol Hill.

Waterfront

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

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

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

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
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Latitude

38.88293° or 38° 52′ 59″ north

Longitude

-77.01635° or 77° 0′ 59″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87C4VXMM+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48037371

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

Wikidata ID

Q618673

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Satellite Map

Discover NASA Headquarters from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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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