Sierra Space is a commercial space company focused on building an end-to-end business and technology platform in space. It is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo transport to low Earth orbit and is also working with Blue Origin on the Orbital Reef commercial space station, contributing its LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat modules. Sierra Space partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and commercial entities for space transportation, destination, and application-related activities. Associated keywords include space transportation, commercial space stations, space technology, Dream Chaser, and LIFE habitat.
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The 2023-08-17 UBP test produced nearly a 20% improvement over the previous LIFE design and aligns with Sierra Space’s two previous sub-scale UBP tests conducted in July and 2022-11-01.
Sierra Space plans to begin full-scale testing of the LIFE habitat by the end of 2023.
The recent UBP test delivered nearly a 20% improvement over the previous LIFE design and aligns with Sierra Space’s two previous sub-scale UBP tests conducted in July and November 2022.
Redwire will deliver thermally conditioned stowage lockers for integration with the Sierra LIFE platform.
Sierra Space has completed four stress tests of the LIFE habitat since 2022 and has a full-scale test scheduled for fall 2023.
Sierra Space completed four stress tests of the LIFE habitat since 2022 and has a full-scale test scheduled for fall 2023.
Sierra Space and Redwire will partner on business development to identify customers for the experiment platform.
Sierra Space planned a launch of a standalone LIFE module as a pathfinder for future commercial space stations as soon as the end of 2026.
Boeing is a partner on the Orbital Reef station concept led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Sierra Space received a $22,600,000 contract from the Air Force Test Center on 2023-07-25 to mature the VR35K-A engine design.
Sierra Space has ongoing work with Blue Origin on the Orbital Reef commercial space station, which received NASA funding in late 2021 for initial development.
Sierra Space planned to launch a standalone pathfinder version of its LIFE inflatable module as soon as the end of 2026 for commercial applications such as biotech research.
Sierra Space received a CCSC-2 agreement for the DC-200 crewed version of its Dream Chaser vehicle and a Pathfinder station using its inflatable LIFE module technology.
Cert-2, which would carry Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane to the International Space Station, is planned to launch a few months after Cert-1 if the inaugural launch goes as planned.
Space Tango contracted Sierra Space to provide Space Station Operational Modeling to determine the effectiveness of biomanufacturing using different alternative feedstocks.
Sierra Space raised $1,400,000,000 in a Series A funding round in November 2021.
Sierra Space recorded about $260,000,000 in revenue in 2022.
Sierra Space had more than $3,000,000,000 in active contracts as of the presentation.
Sierra Space is developing an expandable space station module called Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) with 330 cubic meters of volume in its initial version.
Sierra Space has about $3,000,000,000 in total company and customer investment to date.