Sierra Nevada Corporation and Houston Airport System Announce New Agreement “Entering into this new agreement with HAS will lead to enabling all variants of the Dream Chaser spacecraft to land in Houston, offering the ability to return cargo and science to Houston directly from space,” said Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC’s Space Systems. “Through this agreement, we want to promote broad awareness of the importance of utilizing low-Earth […]
Statement on Sierra Nevada Bid Protest Decision, GAO “On January 5, 2015, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest filed by Sierra Nevada Corp., of Louisville, Colorado, challenging the award of contracts to The Boeing Co., Space Exploration, of Houston, Texas, and to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), of Hawthorne, California, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Contract (CCtCap).” Keith’s […]
Sierra Nevada Corporation Protests NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Award, SpaceRef Business “A representative from Sierra Nevada Corporation has confirmed to SpaceRef that they have filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office regarding the CCtCap contract.” Sierra Nevada Corporation Challenges Award of NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Contract “Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced today that it has filed a legal challenge to the award of contracts to Boeing and SpaceX […]
Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser Program to Continue, SpaceRef Business “Having lost out to Boeing and SpaceX for the lucrative Commercial Crew Program contract, Sierra Nevada’s Mark Sirangelo told the Denver Post the companies plans to go forward with development of the spacecraft and bid on future contracts.”
NASA and Commercial Partners Review Summer of Advancements, NASA “NASA’s spaceflight experts in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) met throughout July with aerospace partners to review increasingly advanced designs, elements and systems of the spacecraft and launch vehicles under development as part of the space agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) and Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) initiatives.” … “In August or September, NASA plans to award one or […]
Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Spacecraft on Track for November 2016 Launch, SpaceRef Business “Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft is “on track for its anticipated first launch in November 2016,” Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC Space Systems, told a press conference on August 5, 2014, at the AIAA SPACE 2014 Forum in San Diego.” Related: Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Program Expands, SpaceRef Business “The Sierra Nevada […]
Dream Chaser Completes Ground Tow Tests [Watch], Sierra Nevada Corporation “Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces the completion of the Dream Chaser Space System tow testing at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. The ground tow tests were conducted in preparation for the upcoming approach and landing test scheduled for the third quarter 2013.” “We are very excited to complete this series of tests and achieve another critical milestone […]
Commercial Partners Working to Launch U.S. Astronauts from Space Coast, NASA “The three commercial space companies working with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) may have very different spacecraft and rocket designs, but they all agreed on the need for the United States to have its own domestic capability to launch astronauts. ‘Today, there are nine humans on orbit,’ said Ed Mango, CCP’s program manager, at a National Space Club meeting […]
