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Space Taxi Ready for Takeoff As Dream Chaser Prepares for Launch

 

The sleek and innovative Dream Chaser spacecraft is on the brink of its cosmic odyssey, having triumphantly concluded its rigorous environmental trials. Now, poised in Florida, it prepares for the ultimate evaluations preceding its eagerly awaited voyage beyond Earth’s bounds.

 

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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser, nicknamed “Tenacity,” along with its cargo module, the Shooting Star, have undergone a series of rigorous tests at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio. These tests subjected the spacecraft to harsh conditions, including intense shock, vibration, and thermal vacuum simulations, ensuring their readiness for the challenges of space.

 

Tenacity represents the first of Sierra Space’s fleet of spaceplanes, slated to undertake seven missions to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. The company is already working on the second spaceplane, named Reverence, at its facility in Colorado.

 

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