Tag: United Nations
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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,…
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Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream Chaser
An artist’s conception shows Sierra Nevada Corp.’s uncrewed version of the Dream Chaser space glider in orbit with a cargo module attached at the back. (Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation) Sierra Nevada Corp. says it’s working with the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs on an arrangement that would give countries around the world the opportunity…