Dream Chaser drop test
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:26
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A prototype for a space plane designed to taxi crews to Earth orbit soared during its first drop test but then skidded off the runway due to a landing gear failure on Saturday (Oct. 26). Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser engineering test article may have passed a milestone toward taking astronauts to the International Space Station, but was damaged when its left landing gear didn’t deploy. The mini-shuttle is based on NASA’s HL-20 lifting body vehicle concept and is intended to launch atop United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets.
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