---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch159/schVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VI"
heading: "Earth Science"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch159-schVI"
sections_count: 4
---

# Subchapter VI — Earth Science

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

## Sections

- [§18371. Interagency collaboration implementation approach](/usc/42/18371.md)
- [§18372. Transitioning experimental research to operations](/usc/42/18372.md)
- [§18373. Decadal Survey missions implementation for Earth observation](/usc/42/18373.md)
- [§18374. Instrument test-beds and venture class missions](/usc/42/18374.md)