How can foreigners work for NASA?

Question

Hellow, I am a Japanese collage student specializing machanical engineering here in Japan.

I have some questions...

After graduating university, I'm willing to study in a graduate school in United States and want to work for NASA.Something related to the forefront space science, I want to do resarch.

Does NASA hire foreigners?Is there any requirement?Where can I get that?

Answer 1

NASA has a job site that you can check out http://www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/

NASA is a government agency, and the US government only hires US citizens. You must be extraordinarily brilliant to be able to work in NASA if you are still not a US citizen.

NASA however, has a visiting exchange researcher program that non US nationals can participate in as long as you are a renowned scientist or expert in your field http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/docs/128.htm

Answer 2

Japan has its own space program. NASA has several jobs in foriegn countries, especially for their tracking stations. NASA may have foriegners looking over data and communicating with other space programs. Right now they have too many astronauts, but there are probably jobs for reseasch, tracking and maintance.
http://www.nasa.gov/about/career/index.html