NASA's headquarters building in Washington. Credit: NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to find a new headquarters building by the end of this year while remaining in the Washington area.
As part of a reorganization of the agency announced May 22, NASA announced it had named Dave Mitchell, who had been associate administrator of the agency’s Mission Support Directorate, as the special assignment lead for NASA Headquarters relocation.
While there had been discussion last year about moving the agency’s headquarters out of Washington, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a memo about the reorganization that Mitchell was charged with finding a new office in Washington that would offer “a more efficient footprint” than its current building.
The lease on the current headquarters building, which NASA has used for more than 30 years, expires in August 2028, Mitchell said at a National Academies meeting June 3. “We’re up against it at this point in time,” he said.
