FAA issues first license permitting reentry to earth
The FAA has issued its first license permitting the reentry to earth of a privately developed spacecraft to the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The Space X Dragon space capsule will launch atop their Falcon 9 rocket on December 7 and return to earth.
The FAA proposed a $1.05 million civil penalty against The Boeing Company on June 27 for allegedly failing to correct a known problem in production and installation of the oxygen systems on its B-777 airliners.