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NASA Announces Next Steps In Effort To Launch Americans From U.S. Soil

RELEASE : 12-263 NASA Announces Next Steps In Effort To Launch Americans From U.S. Soil CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. Advances made [...]

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NASA Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Preliminary Design Review Of Dream Chaser Vehicle To Transport Astronauts

RELEASE : 12-186 NASA Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Preliminary Design Review Of Dream Chaser Vehicle To Transport Astronauts LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of the design, architecture and performance of its Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle. This marks a new milestone in the [...]

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NASA’S Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Dream Chaser Flight Test Milestone

RELEASE : 12-180 NASA’S Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Dream Chaser Flight Test Milestone LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems successfully completed a “captive carry test” of its full-scale Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle Tuesday, marking a new milestone in the company’s effort to develop transportation for astronauts to low [...]

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Dream Chaser Buffet Wind Tunnel Model

Dream Chaser Buffet Wind Tunnel Model

The Dream Chaser model with its Atlas V launch vehicle is undergoing final preparations at the Aerospace Composite Model Development Section’s workshop for buffet tests at the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA Langley. The scale model is being tested as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program to regain the American capability to launch astronauts [...]

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