New Space and Tech

Sierra Space Completes Week-Long Flight Operations Review for Dream Chaser

By Craig Bamford

SpaceRef

October 31, 2023

Filed under Dream Chaser, LIFE habitat, NASA, Sierra Space

Sierra Space Completes Week-Long Flight Operations Review for Dream Chaser — On Aug. 17, 2023, Sierra Space conducted an Ultimate Burst Pressure (UBP) test on a one-third-scale version of the inflatable Sierra Space LIFE habitat. Image credit: Sierra Space.

Sierra Space announced that they had finished their joint week-long Flight Operations Review with NASA on October 26. The review was focused on the flight operations related to their Dream Chaser spaceplane, which is slated to launch in the Spring of 2024, with the goal of having it deliver cargo (and, eventually, people) to the International Space Station (ISS) and its privately-operated successors. Now that the review is complete, Sierra Space can move ahead with the next steps of the process

Craig Bamford

Craig is a technology journalist with a strong focus on space-related startups, business, and pop culture. He started working in science & technology media in 2016, and began writing about the Canadian space sector in 2017 for SpaceQ. He is a graduate of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, where he specialized in international conflict analysis and conflict resolution. He lives in Toronto.