14 December 2018
VSS Unity reaches edge of space in landmark test flight
...has been passed and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that early next year they will present the pilots ...with FAA Commercial Astronaut Wings at a ceremony in Washington DC. Since...
02 July 2021
Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos
...permissive after Virgin Galactic recently received an operator license from the FAA to allow the firm to fly customers to space. One ... to be an inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US, she will make history again by being...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... Authority is instructive as to the existing impact and the potential for growth in commercial space activity http://www.faa.gov/news/ updates/media/Economic%20Impact%20Study%20September%20 2010_20101026_PS.pdf 2: See http://www.bloomberg.com...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
...requirements. Specifically, in the United States there are over ten spaceports licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, the Pacific Spaceport Complex and Spaceport America. The UK’s Sutherland...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... licensing process will be reviewed using lessons learned from other partners, such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): it will allow the recognition of licenses issued by other countries, similar to what happens in the aviation sector. The...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... restrictions are placed on satellite orbits to avoid potential conjunctions. Admittedly, Starlink’s revised filing with the FAA in the US was scrutinised in terms of orbital altitude to avoid contention with Kuiper, and an accommodation was reached...
