FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launches
The FAA isn't clipping its commercial astronaut wings until Jan. 1. NASA astronauts have nothing to worry about going forward, they'll get pins.
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The FAA isn't clipping its commercial astronaut wings until Jan. 1. NASA astronauts have nothing to worry about going forward, they'll get pins.
The FAA isn't clipping its commercial astronaut wings until Jan. 1. NASA astronauts have nothing to worry about going forward, they'll get pins.
The good news is people launching on space tourism flights in the future get to go into space. The bad news is that they will no longer be awarded commercial astronaut wings by the Federal Aviation Authority.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will no longer give out commercial astronaut wings starting next year because too many people are launching into space
The FAA said Friday it's clipping its astronaut wings because too many people are now launching into space.