By Mike Killian, on August 14th, 2019
Today Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) held a press conference announcing their selection of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket to launch their reusable Cargo Dream Chaser ‘spaceplane’ on its upcoming uncrewed resupply missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA.
Leadership from both companies also shed some light on […]
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By Elliot Severn, on January 14th, 2016
Unmanned version of the Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser space plane for NASA’s CRS-2 contract docks at the ISS. Image Credit: SNC
NASA announced today that all three of the remaining contenders will be awarded CRS-2 contracts to provide commercial cargo services to the International Space Station (ISS) beginning in 2019 and lasting […]
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By Elliot Severn, on November 5th, 2015
Unmanned version of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser space plan proposal for NASA cargo resupply contract docks at the International Space Station; one of several spacecraft competing for a CRS-2 contract from NASA. Image Credit: SNC
Today NASA announced that they will be postponing the selection of two commercial cargo providers […]
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By Elliot Severn, on October 2nd, 2015
Aerial view of Launch Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, taken as repairs were completed.Photo Credit: Patrick J. Hendrickson / Highcamera.com
Less than a year after Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket suffered a catastrophic launch failure on Oct. 28, 2014, repairs to its damaged launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) have […]
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By Ken Kremer, on March 17th, 2015 Unmanned version of Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser space plan proposal for NASA cargo resupply contract docks at the International Space Station. Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation See video below
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is vigorously pushing ahead with an unmanned cargo version of their Dream Chaser space plane that is aimed at fulfilling […]
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By Ken Kremer, on March 14th, 2015 Artist’s concept shows Jupiter spacecraft and Exoliner cargo carrier with NASA’s Orion crew capsule in a Lockheed Martin dual use conceptual proposal for commercial missions to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) and deep space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. Credit: Lockheed Martin
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — The competition for […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 18th, 2014 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 carries its first Dragon cargo craft into orbit on Friday, 18 April. Photo Credit: John Studwell
Following Monday’s disappointing scrub of the third Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-3 mission of the Dragon cargo craft to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX—the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services organization, headed by entrepreneur Elon […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 13th, 2014 SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will fly for the first time atop the upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1 on Monday, 14 April. Photo Credit: SpaceX
A second launch in just four days is scheduled to take place from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., when SpaceX launches its third dedicated Dragon cargo delivery mission to the […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 14th, 2013 Carrying Canada’s first ISS Commander, Chris Hadfield, together with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Soyuz TMA-07M descends toward a touchdown in central Kazakhstan after 146 days in orbit. Photo Credit: NASA
Expedition 35 crewmen Chris Hadfield of Canada, Roman Romanenko of Russia, and NASA’s Tom Marshburn landed safely […]
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By Jason Rhian, on April 1st, 2013 During a recent teleconference, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that his company will try to recover the first stage from the ocean and then will attempt to have the first stage return to the landing site under its own power. Photo Credit: SpaceX
During a teleconference detailing the return of Space Exploration Technologies’ […]
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