NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO)
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NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight NOJMO represents NASA on-site at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Working side by side with Caltech and the JPL community, we help bring the nation’s most ambitious missions to life, from exploring other planets to observing our own Earth to venturing into deep space. We’re here to support JPL’s […] The post NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO) appeared first on NASA Science .
NOJMO represents NASA on-site at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Working side by side with Caltech and the JPL community, we help bring the nation’s most ambitious missions to life, from exploring other planets to observing our own Earth to venturing into deep space. We’re here to support JPL’s world-class people and their innovation, and to help connect their work with NASA’s vision for the future.
Location Pasadena, California
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Dr. Antti A. Pulkkinen
Antti A. Pulkkinen, Ph.D., is Director of the NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO). NOJMO is the NASA Headquarters on-site government organization at JPL, responsible for contract management, agency oversight, and ensuring contractor compliance with federal regulations.
Antti Pulkkinen, official portrait, Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NOJMO’s Role is Oversight Focused and Mission Enabling NOJMO manages the JPL contract, provides on-site oversight, and safeguards financial and business integrity. By partnering with JPL, NASA mission organizations, and Agency stakeholders, we connect NASA’s needs to JPL’s world-class capabilities and clear the path for great work that benefits NASA, the nation, and humanity. Learn More About Missions at JPL
Future Missions View of NASA’s Curiosity Rover and its Powered Descent Vehicle. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Overseeing NASA’s Only FFRDC The NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO) is NASA Headquarters’ direct presence at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, home to some of the most ambitious missions in space exploration. Managed by Caltech, JPL is NASA’s only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). It was created to take on challenges no other single organization can, from landing rovers on Mars to exploring the far reaches of the solar system. NOJMO stewards this one-of-a-kind partnership on NASA’s behalf, so JPL’s world-class talent can focus on missions that define America’s leadership in space.
NASA’s Administrator Jared Isaacman. Credit: NASA NOJMO and JPL work together to ensure JPL: · Serves the public interest · Remains objective and independent · Avoids conflicts of interest · Operates with the transparency NASA needs for effective oversight
Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to testing it at supersonic speeds in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in November 2025. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Latest NOJMO News NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management
The work conducted at JPL remains critically important to the agency, and NASA is committed to maintaining continuity for active and future missions throughout the procurement process. NASA also is committed to maintaining the FFRDC’s existing physical location.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Credit: NASA NOJMO Leadership Dr. Antti Pulkkinen Center Director
Chief Contracting Officer
Institutional Management Division (IMD)
Chief Counsel, OGC
Business Operations Manager, OCFO
Associate Chief of the Contracting Office
Institutional Management Chief
Focus Areas A leader in robotic space exploration, JPL has sent rovers to Mars, probes to our solar system’s farthest reaches, telescopes into space to study the universe, and satellites into Earth orbit to better understand our home planet.
Studying Earth from land, air, sea, and space to better understand and manage our dynamic planet.
Solar System Creating robotic explorers throughout our solar system to study the complex processes that have shaped the worlds within it and whether life exists elsewhere.
Asteroids and Comets Pinpointing the paths of comets and asteroids that may pass close to Earth.
Universe Exploring the deepest reaches of the universe to understand the forces that shape it and to search for new worlds beyond our solar system.
Technology Developing technology to further our exploration of the universe and improve life on Earth.
Learn About JPL Science drives everything JPL does. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate works to uncover how the universe began, how it evolves, and where it is headed, along with the strange phenomena that shape it. JPL is where many of those questions take flight, designing and operating the robotic explorers that reach across the solar system and study the universe beyond.
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