Author, lecturer, editor, advisor, consultant, and expert commentator on Space Law, a field she helped create, support, and develop
Distinguished authority on space policy and the laws governing the peaceful use of outer space
Advisor to the U.S. Congress, United Nations, the international space community, including NASA.
Co-author of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
Legislative Reference Service/Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington DC (1941-1975)
National Defense Analyst (1951-1966)
Senior Specialist in International Relations [National Security] (1966-1975)
Consultant, Senate Armed Services Committee, 1950s
Consultant, Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee 1957
Special Consultant, Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics, 1958
Special Consultant, Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 1958-1977
Special Consultant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, 1977-1982
Advisor, International Space Station, 1990s - present