U.S. Transportation Secretary and Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy marked the FAA’s 1,000th operation of a commercial space vehicle that the agency licensed or permitted. The first FAA-licensed commercial space operation was in 1989. It took 32 years to reach 500 and then just four years for the next 500. The United States is a leader in space exploration, and this milestone highlights more than 35 years of the FAA successfully fulfilling its mission to protect safety and advance the future of our skies.

Read more in the 1,000 Commercial Space Operations Fact Sheet.