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Video: Sierra Nevada Corporation Presentation of the Autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser

By Marc Boucher
April 13, 2015
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Video: Sierra Nevada Corporation Presentation of the Autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser
Sierra Nevada Corporation Presentation of the Autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser.
Sierra Nevada Corporation.

At the spring meetings of the International Astronautical Federation in Paris, Sierra Nevada Corporation made a presentation of its newly released autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser.
SNC Presentation of the Autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser

SNC’s Dream Chaser® Cargo System: A Transportation System to Deliver Cargo to the ISS for NASA

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser® Cargo System is a mission variant of the Dream Chaser Space System that exceeds all NASA cargo transportation requirements to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Dream Chaser launches inside a standard 5m fairing, transporting pressurized and unpressurized cargo concurrently.

This video demonstrates the CRS2 mission from launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, delivery of cargo to the ISS, cargo module disposal, low-g, gentle runway landing return of cargo and sensitive science payloads with immediate access, all attributes that are unique to the reusable, lifting-body Dream Chaser spacecraft.

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