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A short-term funding bill passed at the last minute includes a three-month extension of the “learning period” limiting regulations on commercial spaceflight participant safety.

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Stopgap spending bill includes FAA learning period extension

House Speaker introduces bill to extend commercial spaceflight regulatory learning period

Report recommends allowing “learning period” for commercial human spaceflight safety regulations to expire

Japanese billionaire selects crew for circumlunar Starship flight

Space Perspective acquires ship for ocean-based balloon launch platform

Space Perspective raises $17 million

Virgin Galactic on schedule to start commercial human suborbital flights this year

Soyuz returns from private astronaut mission to the ISS

FAA to end commercial astronaut wings program

Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS

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