The lifting body concept – made famous by the Space Shuttle and now living on with Dream Chaser – will provide NASA with the necessity of diversity, according to Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative award winner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), who have promoted the advantages of having a reusable, low G-force, runway return vehicle.
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CommercialShuttle
SNC evaluating KSC processing facilities to house the Dream Chaser fleet
by Chris BerginSierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have stepped up their evaluations into finding a suitable facility to…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have completed another milestone in their Commercial Crew Development (CCDev-2) contract…
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Five years after joining forces with NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Sierra Nevada Corporation continues…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser – one of the leading candidates to win the right…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced they have “a credible system design which is now…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) took their spacecraft for a ride on Tuesday, allowing it to…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have provided a positive overview on their progress in readying their…
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From the beginning of the Space Shuttle Program, the promise of a permanent, space-based work…
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From a hardware standpoint, the space shuttle fleet could technically fly until 2015, involving up…
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SpaceDev have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to pursue…
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In an announcement to the stock market, SpaceDev have revealed their concept for what appears…
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CommercialIndianInternationalISSJapanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration
by Martin SmithDespite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
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NASA announced its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, had ended its mission after experiencing an anomaly during…
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InternationalJapanOtherScience
Japan’s SLIM lands on the Moon upside down, overcomes power issues
by John SharpJapan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…
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CommercialUncrewed
Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission
by Tyler GrayJust on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit…
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For only the second time, VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane, was transformed into…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, others highlighted in new NASA low-Earth orbit partnerships
by Tyler GrayOn June 15, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its intention to partner…
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The most powerful rocket in history launched on its second attempt Thursday, the first major…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScience
Using JWST, scientists observe silicate clouds and measure the temperature of exoplanets
With help from the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have…