Dream Chaser

A retro-futuristic spacecraft with a mixture of the old and new has passed a major milestone as it's readied for its debut orbital mission. Sierra Space has announced that its Dream Chaser cargo spaceplane has demonstrated that it can handle payloads.

Sierra Space has rolled out its first Dream Chaser spaceplane, called "Tenacity," that will be used to ferry cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) after it is shipped to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility for environmental testing.

​​There's a lot riding on the development of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane. The company has now offered the public the first fiery look at the engine that will propel it through space, with missions for NASA slated to kick off the year after next.​

​​Sierra Nevada Corporation is picking up the pace in its mission to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station using a next-generation spaceplane, with NASA giving its Dream Chaser vehicle the production all clear following a design and performance review.

The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been given the green light from NASA for its Dream Chaser spacecraft to visit the orbital laboratory in late 2020.

Four years ago, the Dream Chaser's first glide and landing test ended in a crash after its landing gear failed to deploy correctly. Since then, the reusable spaceplane has undergone a complete refurbishment and finally achieved its first successful flight and landing on Saturday.

​After years of development the latest Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed its first captive carry flight test. Hoisted up by a Chinook helicopter, the Dream Chaser will undertake one more captive carry flight test in the near future before embarking upon its first free flight later this year.

The first ever dedicated United Nations space mission, set to launch by 2021, will allow all UN member countries to propose, develop and experiments that will orbit Earth for 14 days aboard Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spaceplane.

NASA has added Sierra Nevada Corporation's unmanned Dream Chaser to the privately owned fleets bringing cargo to the ISS from the United States. New Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contracts to keep the station stocked through 2024 have also been awarded to Orbital ATK and SpaceX.

Though the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser spaceplane was kicked out of the running to ferry crew to the International Space Station (ISS), SNC has unveiled an unmanned autonomous version of Dream Chaser to carry cargo to the station.

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Sierra Nevada Corporation carried out the first gliding approach and landing test of their Dream Chaser spacecraft last Saturday. While tests of gliding and landing maneuvers went flawlessly, the left landing gear did not deploy, causing the test spacecraft to flip on landing.