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The Center for Space Policy and Strategy has compiled an extensive collection of current and historical documents on U.S. and international space policy, law, and regulation.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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Donald Trump | Memo Regarding Establishment of U.S. Space Command | 12/18/2018 | Security, Organization | Donald Trump | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight (MA-9) | 05/03/1963 | Human Spaceflight | National Security Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Memo on space arms control negotiations | 05/26/1962 | Arms Control, Security | John F. Kennedy | Memo |
Bill Clinton | DoD Implementation of National Space Transportation Policy | 11/23/1994 | Launch | Department of Defense | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Bilateral Talks Concerning US-USSR Cooperation in Outer Space Activities | 06/18/1962 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
George H.W. Bush | Space Policy Assessment | 07/20/1992 | Space Program Priorities | National Space Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Memo to JFK on the NASA budget | NASA Budget | Unknown | Memo | |
John F. Kennedy | Memo on space arms control negotiations | 10/02/1962 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Donald Trump | Charter of the National Space Council Users Advisory Group | 12/06/2017 | Governance | NASA | Memo |
George W. Bush | Landsat Data Continuity Strategy | 08/13/2004 | Earth Observation, Remote Sensing | Office of Science & Technology Policy | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Space Program of the United States | 08/27/1962 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
Gerald Ford | U.S. Anti-Satellite Capabilities | 01/18/1977 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Donald Trump | Fiscal Year 2021 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities | 08/30/2019 | Space Program Priorities | Office of Science & Technology Policy, Office of Management & Budget | Memo |
Ronald Reagan | Shuttle Pricing for Foreign and Commercial Users | 08/09/1985 | Launch, Security | Department of Defense | Memo |
Richard Nixon | International Space Cooperation - Technology and Launch Assistance | 08/30/1972 | International Cooperation, Launch | National Security Council | Memo |
Lyndon Johnson | U.S. Assistance in the Early Establishment of Communications Satellite Service for Less-Developed Nations | 03/04/1966 | Communications, International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
Donald Trump | Launch of Spacecraft Containing Space Nuclear Systems | 08/20/2019 | Nuclear | Donald Trump | Memo |
Richard Nixon | International Space Cooperation: US-USSR Activities | 07/10/1970 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Official Announcements of Launching into Space of Systems Involving Nuclear Power in Any Form | 05/12/1961 | Launch, Nuclear | National Security Council | Memo |
Lyndon Johnson | U.S. Cooperation with the European Launcher Development Organization (ELDO) | 07/29/1966 | International Cooperation, Launch | National Security Council | Memo |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Comments on the Report to the President by the Technological Capabilities Panel of the Science Advisory Committee | 06/08/1955 | Space Program Priorities | National Security Council | Memo |
Ronald Reagan | Organization of Defensive Technologies Executive Committee | 03/28/1983 | Missile Defense, Security | Department of Defense | Memo |
Bill Clinton | U.S. Space Launch Trade Transition Strategy | 06/26/1995 | Industrial Base, Launch | Office of Science & Technology Policy | Memo |
Donald Trump | MOU Between NASA and FAA Regarding Achievement of Mutual Goals in Commercial Space Activities | 01/07/2021 | Commercial | NASA, Department of Transportation | Memo |
Bill Clinton | Excess Strategic Ballistic Missiles | 10/07/1994 | Industrial Base, Launch | National Security Council | Memo |
Lyndon Johnson | Policy Concerning U.S. Assistance in the Development of Foreign Communications Satellite Capabilities | 09/15/1965 | Communications, International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
Bill Clinton | U.S. Policy on the Use of Foreign Excess Strategic Ballistic Missiles | 09/28/1995 | Launch, Security | National Security Council, Office of Science & Technology Policy | Memo |
Bill Clinton | Landsat 7 Transition Plan | Feb-1994 | Earth Observation, Remote Sensing | Department of Defense, NASA | Memo |
Richard Nixon | Exchange of Technical Data between the United States and the International Space Community | 07/17/1970 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
Lyndon Johnson | Launching into Space of Systems Involving Nuclear Power | 04/10/1965 | Launch, Nuclear | National Security Council | Memo |
Lyndon Johnson | Review of Alternative Communications, Navigation, Missile and Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Facilities | 07/16/1965 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Gerald Ford | U.S.-Japan Space Cooperation | 09/24/1975 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
George H.W. Bush | Commercial Space Launch Policy and Strategy Review | 03/22/1990 | Commercial, Launch | National Space Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | LBJ to JFK on NASA budget priorities | 11/28/1962 | NASA Budget | Vice President | Memo |
George H.W. Bush | Review of National Space Policy | 06/01/1989 | Space Program Priorities | National Space Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | U.S.-USSR Cooperation in the Exploration of Space | 02/23/1962 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
Gerald Ford | U.S. Anti-Satellite Capability | 07/24/1976 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Bill Clinton | Commercial Communications Satellites and Jet Engine Hot-Section Technology | 11/19/1996 | Export Control | Department of Defense | Memo |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Legislative Leadership Meeting Supplementary Notes | 02/04/1958 | Governance | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Memo |
Bill Clinton | Revision to NSC/PD-25, dated December 14, 1977, entitled Scientific or Technological Experiments with Possible Large-Scale Adverse Environmental Effects and Launch of Nuclear Systems into Space | 05/17/1995 | Launch, Nuclear, Security | National Security Council | Memo |
Gerald Ford | Follow-Up on Satellite Vulnerability | 03/15/1976 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Memo for Vice President (on space program planning) | 04/20/1961 | Space Program Priorities | John F. Kennedy | Memo |
Donald Trump | MOU between NASA and U.S. Space Force | 09/21/2020 | Governance, Security | NASA, Department of Defense | Memo |
Gerald Ford | Soviet Anti-Satellite Capability | 04/26/1976 | Security | National Security Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters | 11/12/1963 | International Cooperation | National Security Council | Memo |
George H.W. Bush | Memo on FY90 budget for National Aero-Space Plane | 11/20/1989 | Hypersonic, Launch | National Space Council | 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 |
Lyndon Johnson | Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters | 03/03/1964 | International Cooperation | Lyndon Johnson | Memo |
George W. Bush | Policy Coordinating Committees | 04/24/2001 | Governance | National Security Council | Memo |
John F. Kennedy | Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project CENTAUR | 11/28/1962 | Launch, Security | National Security Council | Memo |