Dream Chaser, the world’s first commercial space plane, is being built at the Sierra Space facility in Louisville. It’s the company's first large-scale contract with NASA. via AmyWadas
“The primary purpose right now is for our NASA contract. We have seven missions to and from the International Space Station to take cargo to the astronauts onboard,” said Angie Wise, senior vice president of mission assurance at Sierra Space.What’s unique about this commercially accessible space plane is that it will land on a runway, unlike some capsules that crash into the ocean or on land.
No astronauts will be onboard when it launches in 2023, and it will stay on the ISS for 35 to 75 days before flying back to Earth without a crew.
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