NASA's Strategic Plan encompasses leadership, direction, and purpose, guiding all NASA field centers to follow four Strategic Enterprises*: Aero-Space Technology, Earth Science, Human Exploration and Development of Space, and Space Science.

The research and development efforts inherent in these four enterprises will ensure continued success in scientific and technical advances beneficial to NASA and the scientific and engineering community of the United States. NASA organizations are involved in bold, versatile, and unique endeavors, which are demonstrated on the following pages, highlighting current pioneering and breakthrough efforts at each field center.

These efforts will contribute to the continued preeminence for the United States, not only in matters of science and technology, but also in the transfer of technology to private industry. This will result in commercially developed products and services, facilitating a continued global leadership position for our economy, as well as benefits for humankind in general.

*For more details about the Strategic Enterprises
go to <http://www.nasa.gov/>.