The growth in the commercial space transportation industry illustrates the need for moving the Office of Commercial Space Transportation out of the FAA, an advisory committee concluded. Credit ...

Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program.

The skies may no longer be free for the space industry. Rocket companies like SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) may ...

The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation is charged with ensuring commercial space launches and reentries don't endanger the public and requires launch operators obtain liability ...

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has added a familiar face to its growing mix of outside lobbyists as the industry faces ...

Have you worked for the FAA or the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, known as AST? Heather Vogell wants to hear from you. Here’s how to contact Heather on Signal. SpaceX has said it was ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects the number of licensed launches each year to continue rising steeply, potentially doubling in just four years. The FAA's Office of Commercial ...

A screen of the SDI visualizes the flight path of the vehicle, as well as other metrics, according to Duane Freer, manager of the Air Traffic Control Office’s space operations, and the FAA ...

Everyone knows that the Federal Aviation Administration regulates air travel, but fewer know about its Office of Commercial Space Transportation — an office that regulates commercial spaceflight ...

(Bloomberg) -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration office that approves launches for SpaceX, Blue Origin and other commercial space companies is taking a buyout offer and leaving the ...