The US government is making it official — Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of 'astronaut' after their flights to the edge of space.
The US government is making it official -- Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of"astronaut" after their flights to the edge of space.
The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA-licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission.Astronaut wings don't have any significance beyond their symbolic value, but they are quickly becoming the extraterrestrial equivalent of a verified blue checkmark on Twitter as private companies race to sell trips to space.
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