FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 NASA's Airborne Research Capabilities -- 3 NASA's Balloon Research Capabilities -- 4 NASA's Sounding Rocket Capabilities -- 5 The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy -- 6 Progressing from Education to Training to Workforce Development -- 7 Potential Opportunities for Commercial Suborbital Capabilities -- 8 An Overview of NASA's Suborbital Research Capabilities: Assessment, Findings, and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: NASA Request and NASA Authorization Act of 2008 Section 505 -- Appendix B: Statement of Task -- Appendix C: Public Agendas for Meetings -- Appendix D: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff -- Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix F: NASA Sounding Rocket Budget History.