Space
The global space industry is opening new markets and transforming our economy. Valued at nearly $450 billion and growing, the space industry is driving exhilarating technological progress that is helping advance many other industries, such as telecommunications, defense, bioscience, manufacturing, and energy exploration.
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American Industry Powers America’s Return to the Moon
What a crewed Artemis II lunar mission means for industry and American space leadership.
Securing U.S. Space Leadership via Innovation, Partnerships, Policy
The final day of the 2025 Global Aerospace Summit focused on the forces shaping space and defense policy, with a spotlight on commercial innovation, private-public partnerships, and a supportive regulatory environment.
How Nuclear Power Could Transform Space Exploration
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Amy C. Roma, Global Energy Practice Leader at Hogan Lovells, outlines the use cases of nuclear power in space at the Global Aerospace Summit 2024.
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Every day, more businesses are considering the commercial potential of space. The U.S. Chamber is working closely with government and industry leaders to turn potential into a reality. We are advancing public-private collaboration needed to support space exploration and commercial and private aerospace travel as well as to create guidelines for managing traffic and commerce. We are also helping government leaders shape smart regulations to drive innovation and growth in this emerging sector so people, businesses, industries, and economies everywhere can benefit from the limitless possibilities of space.
Events
- Small BusinessC-Suite to Main Street: Building the Network That Builds Your BusinessThursday, April 1612:00 PM EDT - 12:30 PM EDTVirtualLearn More
- Intellectual PropertyGlobal IP SummitTuesday, April 2111:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- Small BusinessSmall Business Grant Program AwardsWednesday, April 2909:00 AM EDT - 09:00 AM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
Latest Content
- What a crewed Artemis II lunar mission means for industry and American space leadership.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges the FCC to modernize and apply flexibility in satellite milestone enforcement when operators face launch delays beyond their control. Rather than halting deployments for missed interim milestones, the Chamber recommends scaled penalties (like reducing authorized satellites) to protect the public interest while still deterring spectrum warehousing.The Miami Space Summit, co-hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the SmallSat Alliance, showed that U.S. space leadership now hinges on faster execution: aligning policy, acquisition, technology, and capital around commercial capability.Hosted at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with NASA’s Earth Science Division, the NASA Earth Science Industry Day made one point clear: Earth observation data is now economic infrastructure. Leaders from NASA and major risk, agriculture, and real-estate users underscored that the next decade must focus on turning “data for discovery” into “data for decisions”—with trusted, usable, and continuous Earth data powering resilience and competitiveness.On March 11, 2026, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce submitted an ex parte filing in the FCC’s “Space Modernization for the 21st Century” NPRM (SB Docket No. 25-306). We support faster, more predictable space and earth-station licensing—while emphasizing that streamlining must preserve transparency, stakeholder participation, and incumbent spectrum users’ legally protected rights.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in support of S.933.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.The Chamber sent a letter to Secretary Hegseth supporting the Department of War’s new warfighting acquisition reforms to speed capability fielding and strengthen the defense industrial base while promoting active competition.
