Sierra Nevada Corporation recently won a contract to service the ISS with their cargo variant of theDream Chaser spacecraft, after losing out on the crew contract we will finally see Dream Chaser fly to space!
Sierra Nevada Corporation recently won a contract to service the ISS with their cargo variant of theDream Chaser spacecraft, after losing out on the crew contract we will finally see Dream Chaser fly to space!
Dream Chaser is based on the NASA HL-20 lifting body, originating from SpaceDev which developed the SS1 hybrid rocket engine, the company was acquired by SNC where the Dream Chaser spacecraft was put forward and competed in the NASA commercial crew development and cargo contracts, eventually winning the second round of cargo contracts (CRS2).
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