SNC’s Dream Chaser Prepared For Testing

This time-lapse video shows Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) team attaching the wings and tail of the company’s Dream Chaser flight vehicle May 18.
The crew prepared the vehicle for ground and free-flight tests, which are scheduled throughout 2013. SNC is one of only three companies working with NASA to develop space transportation systems capable of flying astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station later this decade. The work completed at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center will demonstrate the winged vehicle’s ability to safely land an astronaut crew on a runway.