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FAA Approves Moon Express Lunar Mission

Monday, August 15th, 2016

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The FAA on July 20 approved Moon Express’ lunar mission, which the company called the first time the federal government has given a private enterprise permission to travel beyond earth’s orbit and land on the moon.Moon Express said it received the green light for pursuing its 2017 lunar mission following in-depth consultations with the FAA, White House, State Department, NASA and other federal agencies. The FAA, in a statement, said it formally made a favorable payload determination for the Moon…

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