Tag: Dream Chaser
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Sierra Nevada Corp. gears up to build a cargo spaceship – and a space station
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser atmospheric test vehicle is on display at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sierra Nevada Corp. is showing off a prototype of its Dream Chaser space plane, but its focus is quickly shifting to building the real thing to send to orbit.…
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SNC and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin show off hardware at Colorado’s Space Symposium
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Mark Sirangelo get an early look at SNC’s Dream Chaser atmospheric test plane. (SNC Photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A year after Blue Origin put its New Shepard rocket booster on public display for the first time, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture has brought its BE-4 rocket…
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NASA provides Dream Chaser with Authority To Proceed for maiden ISS mission
NASA has provided the milestone of “Authority to Proceed” to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) for the Dream Chaser spacecraft’s first NASA mission to the International Space Station. The launch atop an Atlas V to the orbital outpost has been provided with a window late in 2020. The cargo version of Dream Chaser is working under NASA’s…
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Dream Chaser through critical landing test, prepares for orbital flights
With Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spaceplane through a successful and critical Approach and Landing Test milestone, the company is now shifting gears to focus on the all-important first orbital flight of Dream Chaser No Earlier Than 2020. That orbital flight will be part of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s fulfillment of NASA’s CRS2 Commercial Resupply Services…
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SNC shows off video of what could be Dream Chaser space plane’s last test flight
In a nod to test-pilot tradition, two fuzzy dice hang on the flight deck of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s pilotless Dream Chaser prototype space plane. (NASA Photo via SNC) Last weekend’s drop test of a prototype Dream Chaser space plane went so well that the next flight might be the one that goes all the way…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser performs critical glide test flight
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser test vehicle lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Saturday after a successful glide test. Credit: NASA An atmospheric test article of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceship made a successful runway landing Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a glide test flight performed to verify…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser performs critical glide test flight
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser test vehicle lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Saturday after a successful glide test. Credit: NASA An atmospheric test article of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceship made a successful runway landing Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a glide test flight performed to verify…
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Dream Chaser completes major Approach & Landing Test milestone
Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser has successfully completed the second attempt at its all-important Approach and Landing Test when it was dropped into a free-flight from a helicopter and flew itself to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The company later confirmed a successful ALT-2 milestone, with more information to be provided on Monday.…
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Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space plane glides successfully through a big test
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s prototype Dream Chaser space plane lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a drop test. (NASA Photo via Twitter) Sierra Nevada Corp. said its Dream Chaser prototype space plane glided to a successful landing in California’s Mojave Desert today after being dropped from a helicopter. Today’s uncrewed test at Edwards…
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U.N. puts out a global call for payloads to ride on SNC’s Dream Chaser space plane
An artist’s conception shows Sierra Nevada Corp.’s robotic Dream Chaser space plane in orbit. (SNC Illustration) Remember those science-fiction movies where the United Nations was calling the shots in space? We may be one small step closer to that scenario. Today the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs, or UNOOSA, called on its member states,…