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The Federal Aviation Administration released its final environmental assessment on 2021-08-27 finding no significant impact for Virgin Orbit to conduct launches using its Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft and LauncherOne rocket from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Astra has opened a mishap investigation and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA increased the MPL value on Blue Origin’s license from $75,000,000 to $150,000,000 in July when the agency modified the license to allow Blue Origin to carry people on the vehicle.
Momentus was unable to complete a payload review by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation needed for the original launch and moved the mission to another Falcon 9 rideshare mission in June 2021.
The FAA began awarding commercial astronaut wings in 2004.
The FAA denied the payload review for the June 2021 launch, citing national security concerns over Momentus’s Russian co-founders.
The FLYSAFE program integrates FAA data with Johns Creek’s interactive mapping services.
The connectivity facilitates near real-time data transfer and remote deployment with waivers from the FAA allowing Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations.
Users of the Skyward InFlight mobile app can obtain automated access to controlled airspace from the Federal Aviation Administration through LAANC.
As of 2021-08-03, the FAA did not have a schedule for completing the environmental assessment of Starship/Super Heavy launches from Boca Chica.
Air Methods serves as the nation’s largest and most experienced FAA Part 135 Operator.
The FAA will award commercial astronaut wings to launch crew members who meet federal regulations for crew qualifications and training and fly on an FAA-licensed or -permitted launch to an altitude of at least 80.5 km (80 km).
The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued an order on 2021-07-20 describing its FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program and the criteria for awarding wings.
FAA commercial astronaut wings mirror the astronaut wings awarded by NASA and the Defense Department to personnel who fly above 80.5 km.
An FAA fact sheet from June 2020 required only meeting FAA regulations for flight crew qualifications and training and flying on an FAA-licensed flight to at least 80.5 km for wings eligibility.
The 2021-07-20 FAA order adds a requirement that crew members demonstrate activities during flight that were essential to public safety or contributed to human space flight safety in order to receive commercial astronaut wings.
The FAA awarded commercial astronaut wings in 2019 to David Mackay, Mike Masucci and Beth Moses for a SpaceShipTwo flight in February 2019.
The FAA awarded the first commercial astronaut wings in 2004 to Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie for piloting the three SpaceShipOne flights that flew beyond 100 km that year.
The FAA awarded commercial astronaut wings again in 2019 to Mark Stucky and CJ Sturckow for flying Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo beyond 80.5 km in December 2018.
The Karman line at 50+ miles above Earth is considered the boundary of space by the U.S. military, FAA, and NASA.