National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010

• Date: February 08, 2010

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 is signed by President Obama on October 11, 2010. The Act authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2013 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and also authorizes programs, activities, and reports respecting NASA, including those with regard to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle, commercial crew and cargo transportation, earth and space science, aeronautics and space technology, space traffic management, near-Earth object threats, space weather and national and international orbital debris mitigation. The Act will introduce an additional shuttle flight before the fleet retires, and would extend the life of the International Space Station through at least 2020. Also, the Act establishes a NASA launch support and infrastructure modernization program, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) commercial orbital platform program, and an information security awareness and education program at NASA.

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