![]() The news comes one day ahead of Blue Origin’s planned liftoff from West Texas with former NFL player and TV celebrity Michael Strahan. The FAA said Friday it's clipping its astronaut wings because too many people are now launching into space and it's getting out of the astronaut designation business entirely. ![]() (AP) - Heads up, future space travelers: No more commercial astronaut wings will be awarded from the Federal Aviation Administration after this year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) (Tony Gutierrez) Decemat 4:18 pm PST By MARCIA DUNNĬAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. will still receive their wings from the FAA. All 15 people who rocketed into space this year on private flights from the U.S. ![]() 10, 2021, they are no longer present commercial astronaut wings starting next year, too many people are launching into space. ![]() The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday, Dec. Astronaut Wings Clipped FILE - Oliver Daemen, from left, Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, and Wally Funk, right, participates in a post launch briefing where they discussed their flight experience aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket at its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on July 20, 2021. ![]()
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