NASA Headquarters

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government agency headquarters office building

NASA Headquarters is the central administrative and executive office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, overseeing the agency’s programs, policies, and strategic direction.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
NASA Headquarters canonical	23
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.	4
NASA Office of Human Capital Management	3
NASA headquarters	3
NASA HQ	1
NASA Headquarters (as central management node)	1
NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations	1
executive office of NASA	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T144017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NASA Headquarters
Context triple: [NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, awardingJurisdiction, NASA Headquarters]

A. NASA
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
B. Johnson Space Center
Johnson Space Center is NASA’s primary hub for human spaceflight operations, astronaut training, and mission control in Houston, Texas.
C. Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
E. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NASA Headquarters
Target entity description: NASA Headquarters is the central administrative and executive office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, overseeing the agency’s programs, policies, and strategic direction.

A. NASA
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
B. Johnson Space Center
Johnson Space Center is NASA’s primary hub for human spaceflight operations, astronaut training, and mission control in Houston, Texas.
C. Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
E. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency headquarters ⓘ office building ⓘ
administers	NASA programs ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Office of Management and Budget ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ surface form: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	NASA Administrator ⓘ NASA mission directorates ⓘ surface form: NASA Associate Administrators NASA Deputy Administrator position ⓘ surface form: NASA Deputy Administrator
function	budget oversight for NASA ⓘ central administrative office of NASA ⓘ congressional liaison for NASA ⓘ NASA Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: executive office of NASA interagency coordination for NASA ⓘ policy coordination for NASA ⓘ public affairs for NASA ⓘ strategic planning for NASA ⓘ
governingBody	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
hasPart	NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ⓘ surface form: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ⓘ surface form: Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Office of Communications ⓘ Office of Inspector General ⓘ Office of International and Interagency Relations ⓘ Office of Safety and Mission Assurance ⓘ Office of the Administrator ⓘ Office of the Chief Financial Officer ⓘ Office of the Chief Scientist ⓘ Office of the Chief Technologist ⓘ Office of the General Counsel ⓘ NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ surface form: Science Mission Directorate NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate ⓘ surface form: Space Technology Mission Directorate
inception	1958 ⓘ
industry	aerospace administration ⓘ space agency administration ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: United States Capitol region Washington, D.C. ⓘ
manages	NASA field centers ⓘ NASA mission directorates ⓘ
occupant	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
oversees	NASA policies ⓘ NASA strategic direction ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
parentOrganization	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
replaces	NACA ⓘ surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics central office
shortName	NASA Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NASA HQ

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Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal → awardingJurisdiction → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Astrobiology Institute (historical headquarters) → parentOrganization → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA Astrobiology Institute

NASA Headquarters → shortName → NASA Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA HQ

NASA Headquarters → function → NASA Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: executive office of NASA

NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal → associatedOrganization → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Distinguished Service Medal → administeredBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Office of Human Capital Management

NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal → administeredBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Office of Human Capital Management

NASA Exceptional Service Medal → administeredBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Office of Human Capital Management

NASA Deputy Administrator position → locatedIn → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA Deputy Administrator

this entity surface form: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

NASA APD → locatedInOrganization → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Artemis Accords → draftedBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations

NASA field center network → hasComponent → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Headquarters (as central management node)

NASA field center network → governingBody → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Administrator → workLocation → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA mission directorates → parentOrganization → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Office of the Administrator → location → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Administrator (NASA)

this entity surface form: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer → partOf → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Chief Financial Officer (NASA)

Office of International and Interagency Relations → partOf → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Office of the Chief Scientist → locatedIn → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Office of Safety and Mission Assurance → partOf → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Office of Inspector General → scope → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (NASA)

this entity surface form: NASA headquarters

Federal Center SW station → serves → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA headquarters

Office of the Chief Technologist → parentOrganization → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

ARMD → parentAgency → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Joint Agency Satellite Division → locatedIn → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Annie Montrose → setting → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA headquarters

John M. Grunsfeld → workLocation → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Associate Administrators → appliesTo → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA Associate Administrator

NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate → partOf → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Vision for Space Exploration → announcedAt → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Game Changing Development Program → managedBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

Centennial Challenges Program → administeredBy → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Shared Services Center → hasClient → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

William F. Readdy → workLocation → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

HEOMD → headquartersLocation → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Space Operations Mission Directorate → headquartersLocation → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

NASA Office of Communications → associatedWith → NASA Headquarters ⓘ

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