Document Library The CSIS Aerospace Security Document Library is a searchable index of key resources from the history of aerospace policy that inform our analysis. All documents are in the public domain. Have a document to contribute to our library? Send us a message at aerospace@csis.org. Title Author Date Links Tags NSC 5520- Statement of Policy on US Scientific Satellite Program Dwight Eisenhower 05/20/1955 View Eisenhower, NSC, Science National Space Program Dwight Eisenhower 01/01/1957 View Eisenhower NSC 5814- Preliminary US Policy on Outer Space Dwight Eisenhower 06/20/1958 View Eisenhower, NSC NSC 5918- US Policy on Outer Space Dwight Eisenhower 10/17/1959 View Eisenhower, NSC NSC 5918- US Policy on Outer Space Declassified Text Dwight Eisenhower 01/26/1960 View Eisenhower, NSC NSC 6021- Missiles and Military Space Programs Dwight Eisenhower 12/14/1960 View Eisenhower, Missile, NSC NSC 6108- Certain Aspects of Missile and Space Programs Dwight Eisenhower 01/18/1961 View Eisenhower, Missile, NSC NSAM 50- Official Announcements of Launching Into Space of Systems Involving Nuclear Power In Any Form John F. Kennedy 05/12/1961 View Kennedy, Nuclear, NSAM NSAM 129- US-USSR Cooperation in the Exploration of Space John F. Kennedy 02/23/1962 View Kennedy, Cooperation, USSR, NSAM, Russia NSAM 156- Negotiations on Disarmament and Peaceful Uses of Outer Spce John F. Kennedy 05/26/1962 View Kennedy, NSAM, Disarmament NSC Action 2454- Space Policy and Intelligence Requirements John F. Kennedy 06/02/1962 View Kennedy, NSC NSAM 172- Bilateral Talks Concerning US-USSR Cooperation in Outer Space Activities John F. Kennedy 07/09/1962 View Kennedy, NSAM, USSR, Cooperation, Russia NSAM 183- Space Program for the United States John F. Kennedy 08/27/1962 View Kennedy, NSAM NSAM 191- Assignment of the Highest National Priority to Project DEFENDER John F. Kennedy 10/01/1962 View Kennedy, NSAM, ICBM NSAM 192- Separate Arms Control Measures for Outer Space John F. Kennedy 10/02/1962 View Kennedy, NSAM, Arms Control NSAM 235- Large Scale Scientific or Technological Experiments with Possible Adverse Environmental Effects John F. Kennedy 04/17/1963 View Kennedy, NSAM, Science and Technology NSAM 237- Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight John F. Kennedy 05/03/1963 View Kennedy, NSAM, Human Space Flight NSAM 258- Assignment of the highest National Priority to Program 437 John F. Kennedy 08/06/1963 View Kennedy, NSAM, ASAT NSAM 271- Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters John F. Kennedy 08/06/1963 View Kennedy, NSAM, USSR, Cooperation, Russia NSAM 285 Cooperation wih the USSR on Outer Space Lyndon B. Johnson 03/03/1964 View Johnson, NSAM, USSR, Cooperation, Russia NSAM 338 Johnson Directive Lyndon B. Johnson 09/15/1965 View Johnson, NSAM NSAM 338 Policy Concerning US Assistance in the Development of Foreign Communications Satellite Capabilities Lyndon B. Johnson 09/15/1965 View Johnson, NSAM, International NSAM 354- Cooperation with the European Launcher Development Organization Lyndon B. Johnson 07/29/1966 View Johnson, NSAM, Cooperation Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies United Nations 10/01/1967 View United Nations, Outer Space Treaty NSDM 70- International Space Cooperation US-USSR Activities Richard Nixon 07/10/1970 View Nixon, USSR, NSDM, Cooperation NSDM 72- Exchange of Technical Data between the US and the International Space Council Richard NIxon 07/17/1970 View Nixon, Data, NSDM, Space Council Preliminary Thoughts on Crises: More Questions than Answers Amron N. Katz 03/01/1972 View NRO, Satellites NSDM 187- International Space Cooperation Richard Nixon 10/12/1972 View Nixon, Cooperation, NSDM Scowcroft Memo: Satellite Vulnerability Gerald Ford 03/15/1976 View Ford, Satellite Scowcroft Memo: US Anti-Satellite Capability April Gerald Ford 04/26/1976 View Ford, ASAT NSDM 333- Enhanced Survivability of Critical Space Systems Gerald Ford 07/07/1976 View Ford, NSDM Scowcroft Memo: US Anti-Satellite Capability July Gerald Ford 07/24/1976 View Ford, ASAT Smith Memo: Final Report of the NSC Space Panel- Anti-Satellite Capabilities Gerald Ford 11/03/1976 View Ford, ASAT, NSC Scowcroft Memo: US Anti-Satellite Capability December Gerald Ford 12/16/1976 View Ford, ASAT NSDM 345- US Anti-Satellite Capabilities Gerald Ford 01/18/1977 View Ford, NSDM, ASAT NSC 23- Carter Administration Directive for a National Space Policy Jimmy Carter 03/28/1977 View Carter, NSC NSC 25- Scienctific or Techhological Experiements with Ossible Large-Scael Adverse Environmental Effects and Launch of Nuclear Weapons into Space Jimmy Carter 12/14/1977 View Carter, NSC, Nuclear NSC 33- Arms Control for Anti-Satellite Systems Jimmy Carter 03/10/1978 View Carter, NSC, ASAT PD-NSC-37 Carter National Space Policy Declassified Jimmy Carter 05/11/1978 View Carter, NSC PD-NSC-37 Carter National Space Policy Redacted Jimmy Carter 05/11/1978 View Carter, NSC NSC 42- Civil and Further National Security Space Policy Jimmy Carter 10/10/1978 View Carter, NSC NSC 54- Civil Operational Remote Sensing Jimmy Carter 11/16/1979 View Carter, NSC, Remote Sensing, Civil National Security Decision Directive 8: Space Transportation Systems Ronald Reagan 11/13/1981 View Reagan, NSDD National Security Decision Directive 42: Reagan National Space Policy Ronald Reagan 07/04/1982 View Reagan, NSDD National Security Decision Directive 42: Reagan National Space Policy Fact Sheet Ronald Reagan 07/04/1982 View Reagan, NSDD NSDD 50- Space Assistance and Cooperation Policy Jimmy Carter 08/06/1982 View Carter, NSDD, Cooperation National Security Decision Directive 50: Space Assistance and Cooperation Policy Ronald Reagan 08/06/1982 View Reagan, NSDD, Cooperation National Security Decision Directive 80: Shuttle Orbiter Production Capability Ronald Reagan 02/03/1983 View Reagan, NSDD, Shuttle National Security Decision Directive 85: Eliminating the Threat From Ballistic Missiles Ronald Reagan 03/25/1983 View Reagan, NSDD, Ballistic Missiles National Security Decision Directive 94: Commercialization of Expendable Launch Vehicles Ronald Reagan 05/16/1983 View Reagan, NSDD, Commercial National Security Decision Directive 119: Strategic Defense Initiative Ronald Reagan 01/06/1984 View Reagan, NSDD National Security Decision Directive 144: National Space Strategy Ronald Reagan 08/15/1984 View Reagan, NSDD National Security Decision Directive 164: National Security Launch Strategy Ronald Reagan 02/25/1985 View Reagan, NSDD, Launch National Security Decision Directive 172: Presenting the Strategic Defense Initiative Ronald Reagan 05/30/1985 View Reagan, NSDD, Defense National Security Decision Directive 181: Shuttle Pricing for Foreign and Commercial Users Ronald Reagan 07/30/1985 View Reagan, NSDD, Shuttle OTA Report on Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures, and Arms Control Office of Technology Assessment 09/01/1985 View Space Threats, ASAT National Security Decision Directive 195: The U.S. Position- Nuclear and Space Talks Ronald Reagan 10/30/1985 View Reagan, NSDD, Nuclear National Security Decision Directive 254: United States Space Launch Strategy Ronald Reagan 11/27/1986 View Reagan, NSDD, Launch National Security Decision Directive 258: Anti-Satellite Programs Ronald Reagan 02/06/1987 View Reagan, NSDD, Satellite, ASAT National Security Decision Directive 293: PD on National Space Policy Ronald Reagan 01/05/1988 View Reagan, NSDD National Security Decision Directive 318: Nuclear and Space Talks- Additional Elements of the US Position Ronald Reagan 10/24/1988 View Reagan, NSDD, Nuclear National Space Policy Directive 1: National Space Policy George H.W. Bush 11/16/1989 View Bush, NSPD National Space Policy Directive 2: Commercial Space Launch Policy George H.W. Bush 09/05/1990 View Bush, NSPD, Commercial National Space Policy Directive 3: US Commercial Space Policy Guidelines George H.W. Bush 02/11/1991 View Bush, NSPD, Commercial National Space Policy Directive 4: National Space Launch Strategy George H.W. Bush 07/10/1991 View Bush, NSPD National Space Policy Directive 5: Landsat Remote Sensing Strategy George H.W. Bush 02/05/1992 View Bush, NSPD, Landsat National Space Policy Directive 6: Space Exploration Initiative George H.W. Bush 03/09/1992 View Bush, NSPD, Exploration National Space Policy Directive 7: Space-Based Global Change Observation George H.W. Bush 05/28/1992 View Bush, NSPD, Global Change US Policy on Foreign Access to Remote Sensing Capabilities William Clinton 03/10/1994 View Clinton, Remote Sensing, NSC Convergence of US Polar-Orbiting Operational Enviornment Satellite Systems William Clinton 05/05/1994 View Clinton, NSTC, Polar Orbit LandSAT Remote Sensing Strategy William Clinton 05/10/1994 View Clinton, LandSAT, NSTC National Space Transportation Policy William Clinton 08/05/1994 View Clinton, Transportation, NSTC U.S. Global Positioning System Policy William Clinton 03/29/1996 View Clinton, GPS, NSTC US National Space Policy William Clinton 09/19/1996 View Clinton, NSC The Soviet Co-Orbital Anti-Satellite System: A Synopsis Asif A. Siddiqi 06/01/1997 View ASAT, Russia, USSR Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft NASA 02/19/1999 View NASA, Policy Directive Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Donald H. Rumsfeld 01/11/2001 View Rumsfeld, Space Reorganization NSPD 15- National Space Policy Review George W. Bush 06/28/2002 View Bush, NSPD National Space Policy Directive 23: National Policy on Missile Defense Capabilities George W. Bush 12/17/2002 View Bush, Missile Defense 2003 U.S. Commerical Remote Sensing Policy Fact Sheet George W. Bush 04/25/2003 View Bush, Commercial Remote Sensing National Space Policy Directive 31: U.S. Space Exploration Policy George W. Bush 01/14/2004 View Bush, Space Exploration 2004 U.S. Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Policy Fact Sheet George W. Bush 12/15/2004 View Bush, GPS NSPD 39- US Space-Based Positioning, Navigation George W. Bush 12/15/2004 View Bush, NSPD, GPS National Space Policy Directive 40: U.S. Space Transportation Policy George W. Bush 01/06/2005 View Bush, STM NASA Quality Assurance Program Policy NASA 10/27/2005 View NASA, Policy Directive 2006 National Space Policy George W. Bush 08/31/2006 View Bush Policy for Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems NASA 03/12/2008 View NASA, Policy Directive NASA Reliability and Maintainability Program Policy NASA 04/18/2008 View NASA, Policy Directive Leadership, Management, and Organization for National Security Space A. Thomas Young, et. al. 07/01/2008 View Allard, Space Reorganization NASA Policy for Safety and Mission Success NASA 10/28/2008 View NASA, Policy Directive NASA Parts Policy NASA 11/03/2008 View NASA, Policy Directive Space Primer: Chapter on Space System Threats Brian Garino, Maj USAF and Jane Gibson, Maj USAF 09/01/2009 View Space Threats 2010 National Space Policy Barack Obama 06/28/2010 View Obama, Civil, Military, Commercial, Policy Directive Letter to Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Patrick J. O'Reilly, Lt. Gen. 06/22/2011 View Missile Defense, Space-based interceptors 2013 National Space Transportation Policy Barack Obama 11/21/2013 View Obama, STM, Commercial EO- Reviving the National Space Council Donald J. Trump 06/30/2017 View Trump, Space Council, EO Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems NASA 07/10/2017 View NASA, Human Rating OMB Report on the Leadership, Management, and Organization of the Department of Defense's Space Activities Office of Management and Budget 12/04/2017 View Space Reorganization, NDAA Space Policy Directive 1: Reinvigorating America's Human Space Exploration Program Donald J. Trump 12/11/2017 View Trump, Space Exploration Letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis Ted Cruz, Senator (R-TX) 02/22/2018 View Missile Defense, Space-based interceptors 2018 National Space Strategy Donald J. Trump 03/23/2018 View Trump Space Policy Directive 2: Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of Space Donald J. Trump 05/24/2018 View Trump, Commercial National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy And Action Plan Donald J. Trump 06/01/2018 View Trump Space Policy Directive 3: National Space Traffic Management Policy Donald J. Trump 06/18/2018 View Trump, SSA, STM National Security Space Reorganization Report Donald J. Trump 08/09/2018 View Trump, DoD Presidential Memorandum on Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Strategy for America's Future Donald J. Trump 10/25/2018 View Trump, Spectrum Competing in Space National Air and Space Intelligence Center 12/01/2018 View DoD, Space Threats Establishment of United States Space Command as a Unified Combatant Command Donald J. Trump 12/18/2018 View Trump, Space Command, DoD Challenges to Security in Space U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency 01/01/2019 View DoD, Space Threats Space Policy Directive 4: Establishment of the United States Space Force Donald J. Trump 02/19/2019 View Trump, Space Force, SPD Legislative Proposal to Establish the U.S. Space Force, 2019 Donald J. Trump 02/28/2019 View Trump, Space Force, Congress United States Space Force: Frequently Asked Questions Donald J. Trump 02/28/2019 View Trump, Space Force United States Space Force: Fact Sheet Donald J. Trump 02/28/2019 View Trump, Space Force United States Space Force: A Strategic Overview Donald J. Trump 02/28/2019 View Trump, Space Force Establishment of the Space Development Agency, a Memorandum Patrick Shanahan 03/12/2019 View Trump, DoD, Space Force, Acquisition HASC Amendment to H.R. 2500 (FY 2020 NDAA) Rep. Jim Cooper and Rep. Mike Rogers 06/09/2019 View Space Force, Congress SASC FY 2020 NDAA Space Force Proposal Excerpt Senate Armed Services Committee 06/13/2019 View Space Force, Congress Physics of Space Security David Wright, Laura Grego, and Lisbeth Gronlund 01/01/2005 View Physics, Orbital Regimes State of the Space Industrial Base: Threats, Challenges and Actions U.S. Air Force and the Defense Innovation Unit 05/30/2019 View Commercial, Space Threats OMB Letter to Chairman Inhoffe on Senate Armed Services Committee about the 2020 NDAA Russel Vought 09/04/2019 View Space Force, Congress, Trump, DoD MITRE U.S. Air Force Aircraft Inventory Study: Executive Summary MITRE 09/01/2019 View Congress, Air Force, DoD Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 1604 Study: Aircraft Inventories for the Air Force U.S. Air Force 03/01/2019 View Congress, Air Force, DoD Where is Space? And Why Does That Matter? Bhavya Lal and Emily Nightengale 11/15/2014 View Physics, Orbital Regimes The Future of Space 2060 and Implications for U.S. Strategy: Report on the Space Futures Workshop Air Force Space Command 09/05/2019 View Air Force, DoD Joint Air Operations: Joint Publication 3-30 Department of Defense 07/25/2019 View DoD, Air Force 2020 NASA Technology Taxonomy NASA 10/07/2019 View NASA National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Conference Report 116th Congress, 1st Session 12/12/2019 View Space Force, Congress, Trump, DoD Military Thought: The Role of Space Weapons in a Future War Lt. General N. Korenevskiy 09/07/1962 View CIA, Space Weapons, Space Warfare Space Capstone Publication, Spacepower: Doctrine for Space Forces Department of Defense 06/01/2020 View DoD, Space Force, Space Weapons, Space Warfare Defense Space Strategy Summary Department of Defense 06/17/2020 View DoD, Space Force, Space Weapons, Space Warfare, Trump A New Era for Deep Space Exploration and Development White House National Space Council 07/23/2020 View DoD, Trump, Congress State of the Space Industrial Base 2020 Defense Innovation Unit 07/28/2020 View DoD, Trump Space Policy Directive-5 - Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems Donald J. Trump 09/04/2020 View DoD, Trump, SPD Space Traffic Management (NAPA Study) National Academy of Public Administration 08/01/2020 View STM, Commercial Chief of Space Operations' Planning Guidance Department of Defense 11/09/2020 View DoD, Space Force, Space Weapons, Space Warfare 2020 National Space Policy Donald J. Trump 12/09/2020 View Trump, Civil, DoD, Commercial, Policy Directive Space Policy Directive-6, Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Donald J. Trump 12/16/2020 View DoD, Trump, SPD Space Policy Directive-7, The United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy Donald J. Trump 01/15/2021 View DoD, Trump, SPD, PNT National Orbital Debris Research and Development Plan National Science and Technology Council 01/15/2021 View Trump, Commercial, Civil, Debris, NASA, DoD Renewing America's Proud Legacy of Leadership in Space: Activities of the National Space Council and United States Space Enterprise White House National Space Council 01/15/2021 View Trump, Commercial, Civil, NASA, DoD Economic Report of the President: Exploring New Frontiers in Space Policy and Property Rights Donald J. Trump 01/15/2021 View Trump, Commercial, Moon, Economy Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the US Space Force NASA 09/21/2020 View Trump, NASA, DoD, Civil, Moon India Anti-Satellite Missile Report India Ministry of Defense 01/01/2020 View India, ASAT, Space Weapons NASA Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook NASA 12/01/2020 View NASA, RPO, SSA, STM Tenets of Responsible Behavior in Space Lloyd J. Austin III 07/07/2021 View Biden, DoD, Norms, Debris United States Space Priorities Framework Joseph Biden 12/01/2021 View Biden, DoD, Norms, Commercial, Civil, STM Combined Space Operations Vision 2031 Department of Defense 02/22/2022 View Biden, Norms, DoD, France, UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Debris NGA's A Partner's Guide to Commercial GEOINT National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 04/01/2021 View Biden, DoD, Commercial, China Annual Threat Assesment of the U.S. Intelligence Community Office of the Director of National Intelligence 02/06/2023 View Biden, Intelligence, IC, Space Weapons, China, Russia Title Author Date Tags
