News Archive / Tagged: Sierra Nevada Corporation

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019

  This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.

• Progress continues on Dream Chaser space plane

  Cullen DesforgesApril 26th, 2019

  Having recently completed a major NASA milestone, Sierra Nevada Corporation is well into construction of the cargo variant of its Dream Chaser space plane.

• Dream Chaser passes latest NASA development milestone

  Derek RichardsonMarch 24th, 2019

  Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane passed another milestone in its development to be the third commercial cargo freighter for the ISS.

• SNC taps AZUR SPACE to produce cargo Dream Chaser solar panels

  Jason RhianDecember 13th, 2017

  Sierra Nevada Corporation has tapped AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH to provide solar panels for the first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft. The announcement was made via a release issued by AZUR SPACE, denoting that the new automated shuttle is getting ready for its first flight – currently slated to take to the skies in 2019.

• Dream Chaser completes successful glide test

  Derek RichardsonNovember 14th, 2017

  Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spaceplane test article successfully performed a free-flight test at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The spacecraft is being developed to send cargo to the International Space Station.

• Huntsville seeks FAA approval to host Dream Chaser landings at HSV

  Curt GodwinSeptember 1st, 2017

  Huntsville, Alabama, has left an indelible mark on the United States' spaceflight heritage, earning the nickname "The Rocket City" in the process. Now the northern Alabama municipality seeks Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for its international airport (HSV) to be a landing location for Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft.

• Contract brings Dream Chaser flights closer to reality

  Joe LatrellJuly 20th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In development for more than ten years, the Dream Chaser spaceplane is one step closer to flight. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to send the spacecraft to orbit. 

• Sierra Nevada ground tests Dream Chaser’s steering, brakes

  Bart LeahyJuly 18th, 2017

  On Monday, July 17, SNC put its full-scale Dream Chaser test vehicle through its paces on the ground at NASA’s Armstrong Research Center in California. According to a report by Spaceflight Now, the ground tests towed the vehicle fast enough to evaluate the performance of its brakes, steering, guidance, navigation, and control systems.

• Dream Chaser spacecraft passes 3rd integration review milestone

  Bart LeahyMay 27th, 2017

  Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced on May 25, 2017, that the firm's Dream Chaser spacecraft had passed its third integration review under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract. This latest review evaluated whether the spacecraft's system design met NASA’s key mission requirements to send cargo to the International Space Station.

• Trump space advisors considering Hubble servicing mission

  Bart LeahyFebruary 16th, 2017

  The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump administration advisers are considering a public-private crewed mission aboard the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft to keep the aging Hubble Space Telescope (HST) operational. The proposed mission, which would not happen before 2019, would require support from the next NASA administrator.

• Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser arrives at Armstrong for further testing

  Bart LeahyJanuary 31st, 2017

  On Jan. 26, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) delivered the engineering test article for their Dream Chaser spacecraft to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center for its next round of testing. The testing is part of SNC’s developmental space act agreement with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

• NextSTEP-2 companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes

  Derek RichardsonAugust 13th, 2016

  Earlier this week, NASA selected six U.S. companies to develop deep space habitat ground prototypes under the second Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement. The goal of these partnerships is to advance commercial development of space while supporting human spaceflight missions to beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO).

• Aerojet Rocketdyne chosen to supply Dream Chaser’s power

  Curt GodwinAugust 4th, 2016

  Aerojet Rocketdyne has been selected to supply the electrical power distribution system for Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft. The company will be responsible for designing, developing, manufacturing, and testing the system, followed by integration into the reusable spacecraft's power network.

• Dream Chaser set to begin Phase Two flight testing

  Eric ShearJuly 31st, 2016

  After upgrades and hardware testing at Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) spacecraft assembly facility in Louisville, Colorado, an engineering test version of the Dream Chaser vehicle will be transported to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in California within the next several weeks.

• SNC completes first NASA commercial cargo milestone

  Bart LeahyJuly 13th, 2016

  Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) completed an important International Space Station (ISS) Integration Certification Milestone for their Dream Chaser Cargo System under their Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract with NASA. The agency approved SNC’s program implementation plan for the design, development, test, and evaluation of Dream Chaser.