SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Armadillo Aerospace plans to conduct the first flight of its new reusable suborbital rocket in late August under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) license awarded July 26. George Nield, FAA associate administrator for space transportation, awarded a two-year commercial operator launch license to Neil Milburn, Armadillo’s vice president of program management, at the NewSpace conference here.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...