---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch159/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Expansion of Human Space Flight Beyond the International Space Station and Low-Earth Orbit"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch159-schII"
sections_count: 7
---

# Subchapter II — Expansion of Human Space Flight Beyond the International Space Station and Low-Earth Orbit

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

## Sections

- [§18321. Human space flight beyond low-Earth orbit](/usc/42/18321.md)
- [§18322. Space Launch System as follow-on launch vehicle to the Space Shuttle](/usc/42/18322.md)
- [§18323. Multi-purpose crew vehicle](/usc/42/18323.md)
- [§18324. Utilization of existing workforce and assets in development of Space Launch System and multi-purpose crew vehicle](/usc/42/18324.md)
- [§18325. NASA launch support and infrastructure modernization program](/usc/42/18325.md)
- [§18326. Development of technologies and in-space capabilities for beyond near-Earth space missions](/usc/42/18326.md)
- [§18327. Report requirement](/usc/42/18327.md)