Commercial Space Transportation ensures that rocket launches and reentries are safe. We do this by applying a broad range of skillsets to manage licensing and regulatory work, as well as many programs and initiatives.

Jul 25, 2024 · Commercial Space Transportation is working to meet the needs now and into the future by working with those involved in every aspect of the commercial space industry, including the next generation of rocket engineers and scientists.

Dec 11, 2024 · U.S. spaceports have a critical role in the growing global commercial space transportation industry. The Office of Spaceports was established by the 2018 FAA Authorization Act to be a centralized policy office within the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

This Order applies to all planned, in-progress, and future FAA administrative office and technical space projects, including consolidations, renovations, reconfigurations, alterations, construction (including build-to-suit facilities), infrastructure upgrades, and personnel relocations.

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The Office of Commercial Space Transportation (generally referred to as FAA/AST or simply AST [1][note 1]) is the branch of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that approves any commercial rocket launch operations — that is, any launches that are not classified as model, amateur, or "by and for the government " — in the ...

Feb 18, 2025 · Headquartered in Washington, D.C., our nine regional, shared offices and the William J. Hughes Technical Center and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (Oklahoma City and Atlantic City) are strategically located throughout the nation.

Feb 1, 2025 · 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...

Jul 19, 2021 · WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened a safety field office in Houston to increase its oversight of commercial space operations in Texas and New Mexico.

Mar 13, 2024 · The FAA, in its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal released March 11, requested $57.13 million for its Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or AST. That is a 36% increase from the $42.018...