Tag: Dream Chaser
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…
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Colorado-made spaceplane, Dream Chaser, nearly ready for liftoff after decades of development
After more than two decades of toiling over a spaceplane called Dream Chaser, Louisville-based Sierra Space is readying it for launch. Attendees of the 40th annual Space Symposium may recall scale models from years past but, as the Colorado space industry matures so, too, has Dream Chaser. It is scheduled to blast off no earlier…
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Next Vulcan rocket launch won’t carry Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser, ULA CEO says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Denver region aerospace companies won’t take off together as soon as expected. Tory Bruno, the CEO and president of United Launch Alliance — headquartered in Centennial — announced Wednesday in a media conference that the next launch of its Vulcan rocket won’t carry Sierra Space’s highly-anticipated…
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Sierra Space teams with New Mexico’s Spaceport America
Louisville-based Sierra Space might soon be landing its winged spacecraft at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, according to a news release. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their “mutual pursuit to increase Spaceport America’s capabilities and demand for Dream Chaser reentry at the spaceport.” The next step would be to pursue a “Part…
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Sierra Space cements partnership with Kansas aerospace company
Louisville-based Sierra Space inked a partnership with a Kansas aerospace company to accelerate production of space transport vehicles to allow for greater, more affordable access to Earth’s low orbit, according to a news release. Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will work with Sierra Space to create a “vibrant commercial space economy of the future” by…
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Aerospace companies explain Orbital Reef, ‘business park in space’
Right on the heels of the news Sierra Space and Blue Origin successfully completed a key review stage for the Orbital Reef space station project Tuesday, company representatives talked at length about what’s been described as a “business park in space” at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. It took just three months to…
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Louisville-based Sierra Space looking to hire 1K more employees
Louisville-based Sierra Space officials for months have been talking about the need to hire more employees as the company has picked up more aerospace contracts and inked partnerships for some large-scale space projects in coming years. They ramped that effort up considerably Thursday with the announcement the company wants to nearly double its workforce of…
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Colorado-based Sierra Space raises $1.4B in capital campaign
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sierra Space, a commercial space company based in Louisville, Colo., raised $1.4 billion from investors during the first round of a capital raise campaign, according to a news release. The company, now valued at $4.5 billion, is building a reusable orbital spaceplane called the Dream Chaser. The Series…
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Louisville-based Sierra Space inks Japanese partnerships
Louisville-based Sierra Space inked a deal with Kanematsu Corp. of Japan in an effort to open up its space programs to a more global market. The companies are “opening up global access” to low-Earth orbit (LEO) with Sierra’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and LIFE habitats space station “allowing for new business opportunities in space,” according to…