Space Policy

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Neil Armstrong at the modular equipment storage assembly of the Lunar Module “Eagle” on the historic first spacewalk on the lunar surface.

What It Took to Land on the Moon

"The road is difficult and challenging and the environment both hostile an unforgiving, but the prize is worth winning and the potential return well worthy of the effort," writes space policy fellow George Abbey of U.S. efforts to land on the moon — and of future efforts to return to deep space. Read Abbey's commentary in the Aug. 1, 2019, issue of Space News.

Space Policy | Issue Brief

50th Anniversary of Apollo 11: America’s Race to the Moon

International Space Station with a background of Earth and the moon.

Space Policy | Policy Brief

International Cooperation & Space Exploration

Space Policy | Policy Brief

NASA's Space Launch System

About the Program

The Space Policy Program engages in research and issues public policy recommendations on national space policy and international cooperation in space. The program also sponsors STEM advances in support of the space program. It serves as a forum to convene experts from academia, government, industry and others and hosts workshops, international student exchanges, seminars and lectures covering the universe of space-related topics.

The program is led by senior fellow in space policy George W.S. Abbey, the former director of NASA‘s Johnson Space Center in Houston.