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Dream Chaser Spaceplane Undergoes Captive-Carry Flight Test

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, August 30th, 2017

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Dream Chaser Spaceplane Undergoes Captive-Carry Flight Test

The Dream Chaser spaceplane undergoes a captive-carry flight test. (NASA photo)

The Dream Chaser reusable spaceplane, which Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is developing to ship cargo to the International Space Station, has completed the first of two captive-carry flight tests that are supposed to lead to a free-flight test later this year.During the Aug. 30 captive-carry test, which lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes and occurred at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, a Columbia Helicopters Model 234-UT Chinook helicopter used a lift frame to pick up the Dream Chaser…

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