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Damaged Dream Chaser Can be Fixed and Program to Move Forward with Flight Tests – Video
Left landing gear failed to deploy as private Dream Chaser spaceplane approaches runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Ca. during first free flight landing test on Oct. 26, 2013 – in this screenshot. Credit: Sierra Nevada Corp.
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The privately built Dream Chaser ‘space taxi’ that was damaged after landing during its otherwise successful first ever free-flight glide test on Saturday, Oct 26, is repairable and the program will live on to see another day, says the developer Sierra Nevada Corp., (SNC).
The Dream Chaser engineering test vehicle skidded off the runway and landed sideways when its left landing gear failed to deploy at the last second during touchdown on runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., said Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president for SNC Space Systems, at a media teleconference.
The primary goal of the Oct. 26 drop test was to see whether the Dream Chaser mini-shuttle would successfully fly free after being released by a helicopter from an altitude of over 12,000 feet and glide autonomously to a touchdown on the Mojave desert landing strip. (…)
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Post tags: Atlas V rocket, Commercial Crew, dream chaser, ISS, lifting body, sierra nevada corporation, SNC, Space Shuttle
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