NASA Headquarters is located at 300 "E" Street, SW, in Washington, DC. It has more than 1500 civil service and several hundred contractor employees and is responsible for the management of the space flight centers, research centers and other installations that constitute NASA. These responsibilities include the management of programs and projects; establishment of management policies, procedures and performnace criteria definition; evaluation of progress; and the review and analysis of all phases of the aerospace program.
Planning, direction and management of NASA's research and development programs are the responsibility of a constantly changing number of program offices within NASA Headquarters.
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