---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch26"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 26"
heading: "National Space Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch26"
sections_count: 25
---

# Chapter 26 — National Space Program

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch26-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Coordination of Aeronautical and Space Activities](/usc/42/ch26-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Upper Atmosphere Research](/usc/42/ch26-schIII.md)