• DARPA funded NASA to design, develop, test, qualify, and certify an operational AFTU for US Govt and US Commercial launch providers • First NASA AFTU developmental flight: Rocket Lab (RL) Electron from New Zealand in May 2017 • Additional shadow/certification flights: Nine additional AFTU shadow/certification flights have been completed (6 on RL Electron, 2 on UP Aerospace Spaceloft and 1在Wallops响起火箭上)•2019年12月6日,在FAA管理局下,从新西兰发出的第一个NASA AFTU操作飞行:NASA AFTU单元在新西兰•一家提供商在操作上使用了NASA AFTU单位,而更多的人将其固定在将来用于操作。