United States House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

The Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics is one of five subcommittees of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology.

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee has legislative jurisdiction and general and special oversight and investigative authority on all matters relating to astronautical and aeronautical research and development including:

• national space policy, including access to space;
• sub-orbital access and applications;
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractor and government-operated laboratories;
• space commercialization, including the commercial space activities relating to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce;
• exploration and use of outer space;
• international space cooperation;
• National Space Council;
• space applications, space communications and related matters;
• Earth remote sensing policy;
• civil aviation research, development, and demonstration;
• research, development, and demonstration programs of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
• space law.

History

Chairs of the subcommittee:

• Steven Palazzo, Mississippi, 2011-present
• Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, 2009-2011
• Mark Udall, Colorado, 2007-2009
• Ken Calvert, California, 2005-2007

Members, 112th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steven Palazzo, Mississippi, Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Lamar S. Smith, Texas Dana Rohrabacher, California Frank Lucas, Oklahoma Todd Akin, Missouri Michael McCaul, Texas Sandy Adams, Florida Mo Brooks, Alabama Scott Rigell, Virginia	Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Ranking Member Marcia Fudge, Ohio Jerry Costello, Illinois Terri Sewell, Alabama David Wu, Oregon Donna Edwards, Maryland Frederica Wilson, Florida
Ex officio
Ralph Hall, Texas	Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas

External links

• Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, official website
• Republican Subcommittee website
• Democratic Science Subcommittee website