Eisenhower era --- Kennedy era --- Nixon era

Carter era --- Reagan era --- G. H. W. Bush era

Clinton era --- G. W. Bush era

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See also International Space Organizations and Policies

See also Space Law and Treaties

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• Eisenhower era ___[return to top]
  • National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, Unamended
  • National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, As Amended
  • Recommendations to NASA Regarding a National Civil Space Program, October 1958
  • Long Range Plan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 1959
  • Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Man-in-Space, December 16, 1960

• Kennedy era ___[return to top]
  • Report to the President-Elect of the Ad Hoc Committee on Space, January 10, 1961
  • Key Documents from Project Apollo, 1961-1969

• Nixon era ___[return to top]
  • The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future, September 1969

• Carter era ___[return to top]
  • Presidential Directive/NSC-37, "National Space Policy", May 11, 1978
  • Presidential Directive/NSC-42, "Civil and Further National Space Policy", October 10, 1978

• Reagan era ___[return to top]
  • Report of the Presidential Transition Team, NASA, December 19, 1980
  • NSDD-42, "National Space Policy", July 4, 1982
  • NSDD 5-83, "Space Station", April 11, 1983
  • "Presidential Directive on National Space Policy", February 11, 1988

• G. H. W. Bush era ___[return to top]
  • Principal Recommendations of the Augustine Commission, December 1990
  • National Space Policy Directives, 1989-1992
    • Explanation of Executive Branch Policy Directives
      
    • National Space Policy Directives and Charter, NSPD-1
    • Commercial Space Launch Policy, NSPD-2
    • U.S. Commercial Space Launch Policy Guidelines, NSPD-3
    • National Space Launch Strategy, NSPD-4
    • Landsat Remote Sensing Strategy, NSPD-5
    • Space Exploration Initiative, NSPD-6
    • Space-Based Global Change Observation, NSPD-7

• Clinton era ___[return to top]
  • National Space Technology Council Presidential Decision Directives, 1993-1995
    • Explanation of Executive Branch Policy Directives
      
    • Establishment of Presidential Review and Decision Series/NSTC, NSTC-1
    • Convergence of U.S.-Polar Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, NSTC-2
    • Landsat Report Sensing Strategy, NSTC-3
    • National Space Transportation Policy, NSTC-4, August 5, 1994
    • 19 Sep 96 National Space Policy Fact Sheet, NSTC-8
  • Fact Sheet on Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 23, Foreign Access To Remote Sensing Space Capabilities, March 10, 1994

  • DoD Space Policy, July 1999

  • U.S. Decision to Stop Degrading Global Positioning System Accuracy, May 1, 2000

• G. W. Bush era ___[return to top]
  • U.S. National Space Policy - 31 Aug 2006 - OSTP fact sheet
    • The President authorized a new national space policy on August 31, 2006 that establishes overarching national policy that governs the conduct of U.S. space activities. This policy supersedes Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-49/NSTC-8, National Space Policy, dated September 14, 1996.

  • A Renewed Spirit of Discovery, the President's Vision for U.S. Space Exploration, January 2004

  • National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense Fact Sheet, White House, 20 May 2003
  • National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense, National Security Presidential Directive, NSPD-23, 16 Dec 2002

  • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy
    • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy - May 13, 2003 White House fact sheet
    • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy - Apr 25, 2003 OSTP fact sheet (more details)

  • DoD Directive 5030.59, National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) LIMITED DISTRIBUTION Imagery or Geospatial Information and Data

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