OUTER SPACE (OS)

(6.4 linear feet; boxes 1-16)

A primary subject category containing information pertaining to plans, programs, and development for manned and unmanned space exploration, and the space shuttle.

Subject categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.

DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE CODES

File Code Description

OS Outer Space (2 ft; boxes 1-5)

A secondary subject category containing materials relating to administration policy and direction regarding national space policy (NSDD-42); public correspondence on the future use of space, the militarization of space, funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), use of animals for space experiments and unidentified flying objects (UFOs); land remote sensing; space debris; the commercialization of space and the commercially developed space facility; the space shuttle and space station; NASA space programs and possible missions; and civilians in space.

OS001 Space Flight (4.4 ft; boxes 5-16)

A subject category containing materials relating to the space shuttle, manned space flight and the exploration of space including correspondence regarding presidential activities for shuttle liftoffs and landings, including the first shuttle flight, Columbia; congratulatory letters of successful missions; correspondence relating to NASA plans commemorating special events, such as the landing on the moon; the Young Astronaut Program; policy and legislation relating to space commercialization, including expendable launch vehicles, shuttle pricing, and the impact of the French Ariane launch vehicle on American companies; civilians flying in the shuttle and the first teacher in space program ; LANDSAT, TDRSS, communications, other satellites; the Voyager program; the design, cost, and use of the space station; and the explosion of the Challenger shuttle and the investigation into its cause.

The following case files are related to the Challenger explosion, but are not in chronological order: OS001 244630CA, 317088, 317110, 339433, 354903.

OVERSIZE ATTACHMENTS

OS

1027

1675

1810

6138

8663

8715

9555

13101

12060 (executive clerk's office-not integrated)

OS001

OA-Shelf 89 (not found during review)

8080

8235 (ex.clerk-not integrated)

8434

8444

9328

9353

9893

10147

10253

10295

10402 (partial integration-oversize material still in OA)

12060 (ex. clerk-not integrated)

12225

12652

12883 (transferred to First Lady's Office records)

13403

14643

14795

15628

15994 (ex. clerk-not integrated)