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Sierra Nevada Sets Sights On Crew Opportunities After Cargo Resupply Services-2 Award

Pat Host

Friday, January 15th, 2016

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Sierra Nevada Sets Sights On Crew Opportunities After Cargo Resupply Services-2 Award

Artist's illustration of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser connected to ISS. Photo: Sierra Nevada.

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is setting its sights on delivering humans to the International Space Station (ISS) after NASA on Thursday awarded the company a contract for its Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) program.SNC and Dream Chaser in 2014 lost out on the original Commercial Crew contracts that were awarded to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Boeing [BA]. Sierra Nevada Space Systems Corporate Vice President Mark Sirangelo told reporters Friday during a teleconference that NASA has an “on-ramp” to bring…

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