Huntsville first to win FAA approval for spacecraft landings

Public-private partnership worked to enable Dream Chaser landings in Alabama’s Rocket City

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Business Alabama Staff
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Sierra Space Dream Chaser spacecraft, selected by NASA for supply flights to the International Space Station. Huntsville International Airport is the first commercial airport in the nation to win Federal Aviation Administration permission to land commercial space vehicles. The North Alabama city has been hankering to earn that permission ever since…

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