Waypoint 2 Space has announced it has received FAA safety approval for its highly anticipated training services that will begin late spring of 2014.
The FAA safety approval solidifies Waypoint 2 Space's commitment to establishing the safest and highest training standards for the industry. Waypoint 2 Space is the only domestic company that will be providing fully comprehensive and immersive spaceflight training programs for both suborbital and orbital space.
The company is offering future and prospective crew and spaceflight participants the opportunity to receive innovative training techniques and have access to the most advanced equipment in the world.
"This achievement is an important milestone for us and for the commercial spaceflight industry as a whole," said Kevin Heath, chief executive officer of Waypoint 2 Space.
"The FAA is working very hard to assure that space vehicles, launch sites and training programs are the safest they can be and we believe this safety approval for our programs is another step in that direction. If someone wants to go to space or just wants to experience what it is like to train like an astronaut, Waypoint 2 Space is their first step."
The FAA safety approval (SA 14-007) for Waypoint 2 Space meets the Crew and Space Flight Participant Training requirements of 14 CFR + 460.5 (a), (b) and 14 CFR + 460.51 allowing the company to offer its spaceflight training services to a prospective launch or reentry operator.
