Tag: Sierra Nevada Corp.
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Blue Origin teams up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on ‘Orbital Reef’ space station project
An artist’s conception shows a Boeing Starliner capsule at the Orbital Reef station. (Orbital Reef Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is joining forces with Colorado-based Sierra Space and a host of other partners, including Boeing, to propose building a space-based “mixed-use business park” called Orbital Reef. The plan, announced today at the International…
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Dynetics teams up with Sierra Nevada Corp. for NASA’s big lunar lander competition
An artist’s conception shows Dynetics’ design for a lunar lander. (Dynetics Illustration) Alabama-based Dynetics says it’s leading a team of companies proposing a crew-carrying lunar lander for NASA, in competition with other companies including Blue Origin and Boeing. One of Dynetics’ partners is Sierra Nevada Corp., which is already working on a cargo-carrying space plane…
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NASA adds five companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, to moon delivery list
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander is designed for deliveries to the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among five companies that have just been cleared to deliver payloads to the moon for NASA. So is Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is offering its Starship super-rocket for lunar trips. Sierra…
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ULA’s Vulcan rocket selected for launches of moon lander and mini-shuttle in 2021
An artist’s conception shows United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket lifting off. (ULA Illustration) United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket – and Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine – have been chosen to send Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander as well as Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle to the final frontier in 2021. Neither of the…
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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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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 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,…
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Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space plane takes to the air for captive-carry test
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser prototype space plane is suspended beneath a helicopter during a captive-carry flight test at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (SNC via Facebook Live) Sierra Nevada Corp.’s prototype Dream Chaser space plane, also known as the “mini-space shuttle,” successfully went through its first in-the-air test in four years today at…