July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... the company recognises propulsion systems and environmental systems as key technologies in the broader space exploration endeavour. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been closely involved in space exploration and utilisation for more than 30 years...
25 January 2016
ESA to Invest in Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser
...and Docking Mechanism (IBDM), which will be used by Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Cargo System to attach itself to the ISS...After that, the IBDMs will be financed by Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser was originally designed to carry astronauts...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
Sierra Nevada Corp’s Dream Chaser spaceplane, a cargo spacecraft whose design is ...debut landing, the aerospace firm said. In further developments, Kavandi said Sierra Nevada officials were planning to tour the space center and adjacent Cape Canaveral...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
...necessary to land safely on the Moon, while Canadensys Aerospace Corps is developing the Lunar Optics Program for ILOA. It is...of research including studies contracted with Space Dev (now Sierra Nevada Corp) and Odyssey Moon. Odyssey Moon was the first...
25 February 2016
SpaceX Signs New NASA Contract for Five Additional Cargo-Supply Missions
... competitive bids for each mission. In January, NASA contracted with three companies – Orbital and SpaceX, plus Sierra Nevada Corp. – for a CRS-2 contract covering cargo missions between 2019 and 2024. Each company has been promised...
16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
...lift rocket will make its private-sector debut - before it's even fully certified. ULA and Sierra Nevada Corp jointly unveiled an agreement on 14 August in a publicity briefing at the Louisville, Colorado, headquarters of SNC's Space Systems division...