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Space company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is developing the Dream Chaser, a sleek reusable spacecraft thats meant to shuttle cargo to and from the International Space Station and beyond and it looks like a sleek version of the space agencys classic Space Shuttle.<\/p>\n
A test version of the spacecrafts 15-foot cargo module, called Shooting Star, is already on its way to NASAs Kennedy Space Center for testing, according to a press release. The companys Dream Chaser is under contract with NASA to launch six times to the ISS in the fall of 2021, carrying a total of 10,000 pounds of pressurized and unpressurized payloads inside its cargo module.<\/p>\n
The contract follows Boeing and SpaceXs attempts to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS in the coming years.<\/p>\n
SNCs spacecraft is extremely versatile: it will have the ability to dispose of its cargo upon re-entry into the Earths atmosphere, offloading the space stations unwanted material. Thanks to a specialized self-inflating module attachment, Dream Chaser can even turn itself into an orbital satellite. Like the Space Shuttle, itll land on a runway.<\/p>\n
SNC has big plans in store for Dream Chaser. It wants the spacecraft to support other missions in low-Earth orbit and even as far as NASAs planned Lunar Gateway, an outpost in the Moons orbit.<\/p>\n
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