This volume collects Congressional Research Service reports (which are available on the Web for free) related to US space policy. It covers US civilian space policy priorities 50 years after Sputnik; government activities, commercial competition, and satellite exports in space launch vehicles; space stations; the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle; appropriations and current issues connected to US military space programs; the future of the Space Shuttle program; issues concerning the "Vision for Space Exploration," issues concerning the Department of Defense's space-based infrared system and space tracking and surveillance system programs; and whether NASA should proceed with a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.