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Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board.Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in orbit around Earth, but also includes space probes for flights beyond Earth orbit.
As of 2010, 31% of all space launches were commercial. [4] By the year 2035, the space economy is projected to have grown to $1.8 trillion. [5] The commercial spaceflight sector primarily generates revenue by launching satellites into Earth's orbit, facilitated by providers deploying satellites into Low Earth Orbit and Geostationary Earth Orbit.
Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, commercial precursor flights Retired (12 flights) XA-0.1E2: commercial flights Destroyed (115 flights) XA-0.1E4: commercial flights Retired (75 flights) XA-0.1E5: commercial flights Operational XL-1T: terrestrial test bed for the XL-1 lunar lander Development Xeus: commercial flights Cancelled McDonnell Douglas: DC-X
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is a private spaceflight industry group, incorporated as an industry association for the purposes of establishing ever higher levels of safety for the commercial human spaceflight industry, sharing best practices and expertise, and promoting the growth of the industry worldwide.
(c) Commercial Use of Space. --Congress declares that the general welfare of the United States requires that the Administration seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space. Yet one of NASA's early actions was to effectively prevent private space flight through a large amount of regulation.
The proposal from Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the commercial space transportation company, would quintuple the flight tests of the massive SpaceX megarocket from five demonstrations ...
The FAA's Commercial Astronaut Wings Program is designed to recognize flight crewmembers who further the FAA's mission to promote the safety of vehicles designed to carry humans. Astronaut Wings are given to flight crew who have demonstrated a safe flight to and return from space on an FAA/AST licensed mission.
Commercial spaceflight is spaceflight performed for money, as opposed to, for example governmental spaceflight performed for research or military purposes. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.