Space Exploration Systems

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems, a business area of aerospace and defense company
SNC, continues to partner with NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program to advance the development
of the Dream Chaser Space System, a spacecraft variant optimized for crew and critical cargo transportation
to low-Earth orbit, including the International Space Station (ISS).

Crewed Dream Chaser

Credit: NASA

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Space Exploration Systems

SNCs Dream Chaser spacecraft is the only low-Earth orbit, reusable, lifting-body vehicle capable
of a runway landing and immediate access to crew and cargo preserving, continuing and evolving
more than 40 years of Space Shuttle and lifting-body heritage into an efficient 21st Century system.
A variant of the Dream Chaser Space System, the Dream Chaser Cargo System was competitively
selected by NASA in early 2016 to provide pressurized and unpressurized delivery and return
services to and from the ISS.

Dream Chaser Space System Description

As part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program, SNC has achieved significant hardware and
technology design maturation, production and testing on the Dream Chaser Space System.

Dream Chaser Space System Features

Reusable, lifting-body spacecraft
Launched vertically atop an Atlas V
Transports up to seven crew and critical
cargo to and from low-Earth orbit
Low-g entry and gentle runway landing
on a conventional runway with no unique
landing or navigational aids required
Non-toxic, non-hypergolic consumables,
including propulsion and fluid systems
that allow immediate access to crew and
cargo upon landing
Autonomous flight capability

Above Photos Credit: NASA

Above Photos Credit: NASA

Sierra Nevada Corporations Space Systems

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Phone: (303) 530-1925 Fax: (303) 530-2401
Email: ssg@sncorp.com
7/22/2016

Dream Chaser Orbital Crew Vehicle Launches

on an Atlas V Launch Vehicle

Dream Chaser
Spacecraft First FreeFlight at Dryden Flight
Research Center

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