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Congressional Research Service Reports
on Space Policy

• NASA Appropriations and Authorizations: A Fact Sheet, updated August 7, 2024
• Space Resource Extraction: Overview and Issues for Congress, July 29, 2024
• Regulation of Commercial Human Spaceflight Safety: Overview and Issues for Congress, April 25, 2024
• Commercial Human Spaceflight Safety Regulations, CRS In Focus, updated February 29, 2024
• Artemis: NASA's Program to Return Humans to the Moon, CRS In Focus, updated February 8, 2024
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): A Primer, January 3, 2024
• Commercial Space Launch and the April 2023 Starship Mishap, CRS In Focus, May 19, 2023
• If You Do the Space Crime, You May Do the Space Time, CRS Legal Sidebar, December 2, 2022
• Landsat 9 and the Future of the Sustainable Land Imaging Program, updated November 4, 2021
• Commercial Human Spaceflight, CRS In Focus, October 1, 2021
• Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Potential to Address the Broadband Digital Divide, September 2, 2021
• The Future of Space Tourism, August 28, 2020
• FCC Draft Rule Seeks to Limit Space Debris, CRS Insight, April 17, 2020
• National Security Space Launch, February 3, 2020
• Challenges to the United States in Space, CRS In Focus, updated January 27, 2020
• Small Satellite Boom Threatens Congestion in Space, CRS In Focus, updated January 7, 2020
• Impact of Commercial Space Launch Activities on Aviation, CRS In Focus, November 1, 2019
• Commercial Space: Federal Regulation, Oversight, and Utilization, updated November 29, 2018
• NASA: FY2017 Budget and Appropriations, December 13, 2016
• Commercial Space Industry Launches a New Phase, December 12, 2016
• The Future of NASA: Space Policy Issues Facing Congress, January 27, 2011
• The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, updated March 18, 2009
• U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik, updated February 2, 2009
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2009 Budget, and Issues for Congress, updated October 29, 2008
• China's Space Program: Options for U.s.-china Cooperation, updated September 29, 2008
• Hubble Space Telescope: NASA's Plans for a Servicing Mission, updated May 23, 2008
• U.S. Military Space Programs: An Overview of Appropriations and Current Issues, updated August 7, 2006
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2007 Budget in Brief, and Key Issues for Congress, updated June 23, 2006
• Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports, updated March 20, 2006
• Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs, updated January 30, 2006
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY2006 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress, updated January 24, 2006
• Space Exploration: Issues Concerning the "Vision for Space Exploration", updated January 4, 2006
• NASA's Space Shuttle Program: The Columbia Tragedy, the Discovery Mission, and the Future of the Shuttle, updated January 4, 2006
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2006 Budget in Brief, and Key Issues for Congress, updated January 4, 2006
• Space Stations, updated November 17, 2005
• The International Space Station and the Iran Nonproliferation Act (INA): The Bush Administration's Proposed INA Amendment, updated November 14, 2005
• The Iran Nonproliferation Act and the International Space Station: Issues and Options, updated August 22, 2005
• Liability Issues Associated with the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, February 12, 2003
• Theft of Debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia: Criminal Penalties, June 12, 2003

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