51 USC § 70508 - Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s70508"
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title: "51 USC § 70508 - Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "70508"
section_name: "Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft"
chapter_number: 705
chapter_name: "EXPLORATION INITIATIVES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3432.)"
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# § 70508. Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft

The Administrator shall take all necessary steps to ensure that provision is made in the design and construction of all future observatory-class scientific spacecraft intended to be deployed in Earth orbit or at a Lagrangian point in space for robotic or human servicing and repair to the extent practicable and appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3432.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70508 | 42 U.S.C. 17742. | Pub. L. 110–422, title V, § 502, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4791. |