FAA airspace

Cleared Direct Sep 8, 2026

The Sierra Space Dream Chaser, the Lifting Body That Returns From Orbit, and the Spaceplane Designed to Land on a Runway You Could Walk Across

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser is a reusable lifting body spaceplane built to launch on a rocket, deliver cargo to the ISS, and land autonomously on conventional airport runways.

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Cleared Direct Sep 4, 2026

The North American X-15, the Fifty-Mile Threshold, and the Eight Pilots Who Crossed from Aviation into Space

Eight military pilots flew the X-15 above 50 miles in the 1960s, earning astronaut wings and defining the altitude threshold still encoded in U.S. commercial space law today.

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Cleared Direct Aug 11, 2026

The FAA's Space Data Integrator, the Real-Time Feed That Is Shrinking the Giant Blocks of Airspace Rocket Launches Steal From the Rest of Us

The FAA's Space Data Integrator feeds live rocket telemetry to air traffic control, shrinking hours-long airspace closures to minutes.

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