As the US battles to regain its domestic crew launch capability, companies across the nation are making great progress on the vehicles that are in competition to achieve that goal. Monday saw the confirmation Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has passed Milestone 8 in the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) process, a success that relates to Wind Tunnel testing on their Dream Chaser spacecraft.
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 – tasked lofting six ORBCOMM OG2 satellites into orbit – scrubbed…
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All three of the main contenders competing to return domestic crew launch capability to the…
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The highly anticipated confirmation that Dream Chaser will be taking up residency at the Kennedy…
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The Golden Spike company are continuing to push forward with their ambitious plans to reinitiate…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully completed another key milestone for their Commercial Crew Integrated Capability…
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program – one of the Agency’s key near-term priorities – is once…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have completed the opening salvo of tow tests on their Dream…
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The historic Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has taken another…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have begun qualification testing on the hybrid rocket motor that will…
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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden met with the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) team and their Dream…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have shipped their Dream Chaser ETA (Engineering Test Article) to the…
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NASA administrator Charlie Bolden emphasized the need for Congress to fully support funding for the…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) finally conducted its debut powered flight on Monday, paving the way…
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As the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) continues its transformation into a multi-user spaceport, the three…
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The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has begun its transformation back into the birth place of…
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Following this week’s announcement of a deal between Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Lockheed Martin,…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) are in the process of creating a test flight schedule that…
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by Chris BerginAs Kennedy Space Center’s transition from the home base of the Shuttle fleet to a…
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The famous Atlas rocket continues to show it’s ready to once again launch humans into…