Space Policy Archive
The Center for Space Policy and Strategy has compiled an extensive collection of current and historical documents on U.S. and international space policy, law, and regulation. You can browse or search for these documents via Presidential Administration, origin, subject, and other criteria.
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Administration | Document Title | Publication Date | Subject | Originator | Document Type |
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John F. Kennedy | LBJ to JFK on NASA budget priorities | 11/28/1962 | NASA Budget | Vice President | Memo |
Gerald Ford | Final Report of the Ad Hoc NSC Space Panel -- Part II: U.S. Anti-Satellite Capabilities | 11/3/1976 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Bill Clinton | Exchange of letters between the United States and Australia regarding provision of technical and information support for defense purposes | 12/01/1995 | International Cooperation, Security | United States, Australia | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Joe Biden | EO 14056 National Space Council | 12/01/2021 | Governance, Organization, Interagency Cooperation/Coordination | Joe Biden | Policy Directive |
Joe Biden | United States Space Priorities Framework | 12/01/2021 | Space Program Priorities | National Space Council | Policy Directive |
Ronald Reagan | Strategic Defense Initiative: Congressional and Allied Consultation | 12/02/1983 | Missile Defense, Security | Ronald Reagan | Policy Directive |
Ronald Reagan | Principles Relating to Remote Sensing of the Earth from Space | 12/03/1986 | Earth Observation, International Cooperation, Remote Sensing | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Ronald Reagan | United States Intelligence Activities | 12/04/1981 | Intelligence, Security | Ronald Reagan | Policy Directive |
Jimmy Carter | Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Moon Treaty) | 12/05/1979 | International Cooperation | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Bill Clinton | Administration of Export Controls | 12/05/1995 | Export Control | Bill Clinton | Policy Directive |
Joe Biden | Department of the Air Force Policy Directive 13-6: Space Policy | 12/05/2023 | Security, Acquisition, Interagency Cooperation/Coordination, Commercial, Operations, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Personnel | Department of the Air Force | Policy Directive |
Donald Trump | Charter of the National Space Council Users Advisory Group | 12/06/2017 | Governance | NASA | Memo |
Ronald Reagan | Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) | 12/08/1987 | Arms Control | United States, Soviet Union | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Donald Trump | National Space Policy of the United States of America | 12/09/2020 | Space Program Priorities, International Cooperation, Exploration, Commercial, Security | Donald Trump, National Space Council | Policy Directive |
Gerald Ford | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques | 12/10/1976 | International Cooperation, Weather | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Ronald Reagan | Principles Governing the Use by States of Artificial Earth Satellites for International Direct Television Broadcasting | 12/10/1982 | Communications, International Cooperation | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Statute of the Iranian Space Agency | 12/10/2003 | Governance | Iran, Parliament | Statute | |
Donald Trump | Reinvigorating America's Human Space Exploration Program | 12/11/2017 | Exploration, Human Spaceflight | Donald Trump, National Space Council | Policy Directive |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Establishment of the permanent UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | 12/12/1959 | Governance | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Establishment of the ad hoc UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | 12/13/1958 | Governance | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Lyndon Johnson | Declaration of Legal Principles Governing Activities of States in Exploration and Use of Outer Space | 12/13/1963 | International Cooperation | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Bill Clinton | Declaration on International Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for the Benefit and in the Interest of All States, Taking into Particular Account the Needs of Developing Countries | 12/13/1996 | International Cooperation | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
National Space Policy | 12/13/2015 | Space Program Priorities | UK, Government | Policy Directive | |
Policy System of the Basic Plan on Space Policy | 12/13/2016 | Space Program Priorities | Japan, Government | Fact Sheet | |
John F. Kennedy | Resolution on the priority of space law and other functions of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | 12/14/1962 | Governance, Space Program Priorities | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Jimmy Carter | Scientific or Technological Experiments with Possible Large-Scale Adverse Environmental Effects and Launch of Nuclear Systems into Space | 12/14/1977 | Launch, Nuclear, Security | National Security Council | Policy Directive |
George H.W. Bush | Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space | 12/14/1992 | International Cooperation, Security | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
George W. Bush | U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy | 12/15/2004 | Navigation | George W. Bush | Fact Sheet |
Gerald Ford | U.S. Anti-Satellite Capabilities | 12/16/1976 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
George W. Bush | National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense | 12/16/2002 | Missile Defense, Security | George W. Bush | Policy Directive |
Donald Trump | National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion | 12/16/2020 | Nuclear, Exploration | Donald Trump, National Space Council | Policy Directive |
Ronald Reagan | Memorandum of Agreement on Liability for Satellite Launches Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People's Republic of China | 12/17/1988 | International Cooperation, Launch | United States, China | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Ronald Reagan | Memorandum of Agreement on Satellite Technology Safeguards Between the Governments of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China | 12/17/1988 | Commercial, Export Control, Launch | United States, China | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
George H.W. Bush | A Post Cold War Assessment of U.S. Space Policy | 12/17/1992 | Space Program Priorities | National Space Council | Report |
George W. Bush | Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection | 12/17/2003 | Infrastructure, Security | George W. Bush | Policy Directive |
Donald Trump | Federal Register notice: Nominations for membership on the National Space Council's Users Advisory Group | 12/18/2017 | Governance | NASA | Statement/Speech |
Donald Trump | Memo Regarding Establishment of U.S. Space Command | 12/18/2018 | Security, Organization | Donald Trump | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Resolution on the functions of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | 12/20/1961 | Governance | United Nations | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Joe Biden | Space Doctrine Publication 5-0: Planning | 12/20/2021 | Planning, Security | U.S. Space Force (USSF) | Doctrine |
George W. Bush | U.S. Space Transportation Policy | 12/21/2004 | Launch | George W. Bush | Policy Directive |
Ronald Reagan | United States Space Launch Strategy | 12/27/1986 | Launch | Ronald Reagan | Policy Directive |
Donald Trump | National Strategy for Planetary Protection | 12/30/2020 | Exploration | National Space Council | Policy Directive |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | A National Space Program | 1957 | Strategy | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Report |
Lyndon Johnson | NASA report excerpts | 1968 | International Cooperation, Satellite Programs, Security | NASA | Report |
Lyndon Johnson | A Comparison of the American and Soviet Space Programs | 1968 | Security | Unknown | Report |
Ronald Reagan | SDI A Chronology 1983-1988 | 1988 | Missile Defense, Security | Arms Control & Disarmament Agency | Report |
Bill Clinton | Presidential Decisions on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Theater Ballistic Missile Defenses | 1994 | Missile Defense | Office of the Press Secretary | Fact Sheet |
Bill Clinton | Steps Taken by Space Agencies for Reducing the Growth or Damage Potential of Space Debris | 1996 | Orbital Debris | United Nations | Report |
Bill Clinton | Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on Technological Safeguards Associated with the Launch by Russia of U.S.-Licensed Commercial Spacecraft | 1997 | Commercial, Export Control, Launch | United States, Russia | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |
Bill Clinton | Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine on Technological Safeguards Associated with the Launch by Ukraine of U.S.-Licensed Commercial Spacecraft | 1997 | Commercial, Export Control, Launch | United States, Ukraine | Treaty/Int'l Agreement |