# Space Operations (43.007)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Space Operations is run by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $108 million in 165 grants, about $655,072 per award.

## Objectives

NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate ensures continued American leadership in low Earth orbit, encourages economic growth of the commercial space sector, enables continued and successful access to space, and provides a foundation for deep space exploration.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $22.5 million | 96 |
| 2022 | $30.1 million | 54 |
| 2023 | $13.3 million | 41 |
| 2024 | $22.9 million | 38 |
| 2025 | $19.4 million | 54 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. | Florida | $61.8 million |
| Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. | Alabama | $8.5 million |
| Blue Marble Space | Delaware | $4.6 million |
| Georgetown University | District of Columbia | $2.0 million |
| University of Florida | Florida | $1.9 million |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | $1.7 million |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Texas | $1.1 million |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | North Carolina | $939,876 |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $892,237 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $871,000 |
| University of Arizona | Arizona | $847,197 |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | $829,473 |
| Loma Linda University | California | $820,660 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Massachusetts | $759,997 |
| Materials Development Inc | Illinois | $703,633 |
| Washington State University | Washington | $696,283 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | New York | $676,143 |
| University of California, Davis | California | $661,979 |
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | $645,649 |
| Texas a & M University | Texas | $592,289 |