Executive Order 13914: Space Resources Recovery and International Cooperation
On April 6, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 13914 directing federal agencies to encourage international support for the recovery and use of space resources. The order established U.S. policy to promote private and public space resource utilization and to negotiate international agreements that recognize the right to extract and use resources from celestial bodies. The order directly affects American space companies by clarifying U.S. government support for their resource extraction activities in space.