Science and Exploration

NASA Astronauts Fly Dream Chaser Simulations

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
May 21, 2013
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NASA Astronauts Fly Dream Chaser Simulations

Jack Fischer was one of four NASA astronauts to fly approach and landing simulations of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spacecraft at the agency’s Langley Research Center. The three-day simulations evaluated the spacecraft’s subsonic handling in support of NASA Commercial Crew Program efforts.

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