---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch159/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Policy, Goals, and Objectives for Human Space Flight and Exploration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch159-schI"
sections_count: 3
---

# Subchapter I — Policy, Goals, and Objectives for Human Space Flight and Exploration

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 159 — Space Exploration, Technology, and Science

## Sections

- [§18311. United States human space flight policy](/usc/42/18311.md)
- [§18312. Goals and objectives](/usc/42/18312.md)
- [§18313. Assurance of core capabilities](/usc/42/18313.md)