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Dream Chaser Sierra Corporation |
During a televised briefing on Thursday (January 14, 2016), NASA announced its new round of commercial contracts extending through 2024. The big news is the addition of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s robotic Dream Chaser mini-shuttle, which will become one of several cargo ships designed to carry science materials and supplies to and from the International Space Station. NASA expects to fly Dream Chaser as early as 2019. It’ll be the first winged vehicle to fly into orbit since NASA’s fleet of space shuttles were retired in 2011.