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Sierra Nevada: Schedule ‘Holding’ for First Dream Chaser Cargo Mission to ISS

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, January 9th, 2020

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Sierra Nevada: Schedule ‘Holding’ for First Dream Chaser Cargo Mission to ISS

Sierra Nevada Corp. Dream Chaser spacecraft in production at the company's Louisville, Colorado facility. (Photo: SNC)

Sierra Nevada Corp. officials are confident the company’s new Dream Chaser spacecraft will be completed in time to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in 2021. The primary vehicle structure for the Dream Chaser arrived at SNC’s Louisville, Colorado, facility in October 2019 and has been in full scale production since then, said Steve Lindsey, senior vice president of strategy for SNC’s Space Systems business area, in a Jan. 9 call with reporters. Once…

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