Dream Chaser – Page 5 – Behind The Black

Progress on the commercial space front

August 23, 2012 5:46 pm Robert Zimmerman

Progress on the commercial space front.

The most important announcement is NASA’s official acceptance of SpaceX’s COTS contract to transport cargo to and from ISS. The first official cargo mission is set for no earlier than October 8.

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Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada the winners of NASA’s commercial crew contracts.

August 3, 2012 9:41 am Robert Zimmerman

It’s official: Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada are the winners of NASA’s commercial crew contracts.

Boeing will receive $460 million, SpaceX $440 million, and Sierra Nevada $212.5. All are planning to launch by 2015.

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Has Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser been picked as one of two finalists in NASA’s competition to ferry crew and cargo to ISS?

July 16, 2012 8:53 am Robert Zimmerman

Tantalizing hints: Has Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser been picked as one of two finalists in NASA’s competition to ferry crew and cargo to ISS?

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Sierra Nevada has successfully completed testing of the nose landing gear for its Dream Chaser manned reusable spacecraft.

July 11, 2012 5:07 pm Robert Zimmerman

The competition heats up: Sierra Nevada has successfully completed testing of the nose landing gear for its Dream Chaser manned reusable spacecraft.

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Figuring out how to launch a mini-shuttle, Dream Chaser, on an Atlas rocket.

June 23, 2012 9:18 am Robert Zimmerman

Figuring out how to launch a mini-shuttle, Dream Chaser, on an Atlas rocket.

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Some details and photos of Sierra Nevada’s captive carry test flight last week of Dream Chaser.

June 4, 2012 9:13 am Robert Zimmerman

Some details and photos of Sierra Nevada’s captive carry test flight last week of Dream Chaser.

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Dream Chaser underwent its first flight test today

May 29, 2012 9:00 pm Robert Zimmerman

The competition heats up: Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle underwent its first flight test today in Colorado.

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Sierra Nevada outlines its test flight plans for Dream Chaser, its reusable manned mini-shuttle.

May 10, 2012 8:43 am Robert Zimmerman

The competition heats up: Sierra Nevada outlines its test flight plans for Dream Chaser, its reusable manned mini-shuttle.

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Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada have successfully completed wind tunnel tests of their commercial manned spaceships.

April 29, 2012 9:53 am Robert Zimmerman

Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada have successfully completed wind tunnel tests of their commercial manned spaceships.

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Getting to know Dream Chaser

January 26, 2012 9:41 pm Robert Zimmerman

Getting to know Dream Chaser.

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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser to get its first test flight in the summer of 2012

October 11, 2011 11:54 pm Robert Zimmerman

Dream Chaser, Sierra Nevada’s space plane, is to get its first test flight this coming summer.

For the unmanned test flight, it will be carried into the skies by WhiteKnightTwo, the carrier aircraft for the commercial suborbital passenger ship SpaceShipTwo, backed by Virgin Galactic, a U.S. company owned by Richard Branson’s London-based Virgin Group.

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Getting to know the Atlas 5

August 3, 2011 8:38 am Robert Zimmerman

Getting to know the Atlas 5.

The Atlas 5 is the rocket that Boeing, Blue Origin, and Sierra Nevada plan to use to get astronauts into orbit.

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The state of the new commercial manned space efforts

August 2, 2011 10:28 am Robert Zimmerman

Chris Bergin at NASAspaceflight.com today wrote a report on the four companies NASA is subsidizing to build manned capsules. The status of each company tells us something of whether they can eventually provide the United States with a replacement for the shuttle, and do it soon. Let’s take a look at each.
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Another private space plane moves forward

June 26, 2011 12:56 pm Robert Zimmerman

Another private space plane moves forward.

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Dream Chaser drop tests planned for 2012 using WhiteKnightTwo

May 2, 2011 9:48 pm Robert Zimmerman

New Space: Sierra Nevada plans to drop test its Dream Chaser spaceplane in 2012 using Scaled Composites’ WhiteKnightTwo.

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NASA puts spacecraft above rockets in its commercial funding

April 25, 2011 9:37 am Robert Zimmerman

In picking the winners for its commercial manned space subsidizes, NASA gave more priority to the spacecraft — either capsules or spaceplane — above the rockets needed to launch it.

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