Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is an American aerospace and defense company that participates in space-related activities. Through its subsidiary Sierra Space, it is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract. SNC also partners with organizations like Blue Origin to develop components for commercial space stations like Orbital Reef. SNC serves customers like NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, providing solutions in areas such as aircraft modification, space technologies, and integration of space systems.
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The 2021-05-04 event at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility marked the completion of agreements and licenses to allow Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser to land at the facility at the end of its cargo missions to the International Space Station starting in 2022.
The spinoff of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s space business into Sierra Space takes effect in June 2021.
Sierra Nevada Corporation announced on 2021-04-14 that it would spin off its space division into a stand-alone company, Sierra Space.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Sierra Nevada Corporation’s 2014 protest in January 2015.
Sierra Nevada Corporation protested NASA’s 2014 selection of Boeing and SpaceX for commercial crew development awards and the GAO rejected that protest in January 2015.
Sierra Nevada Corporation projects its space business revenue will increase to $4,000,000,000 in 5 to 10 years.
Sierra Nevada Corporation acquired MicroSat Systems in 2008.
Sierra Nevada Corporation acquired Orbital Technologies Corporation in 2014.
Sierra Nevada Corporation will spin off its Space Systems division into a separate company called Sierra Space while Sierra Space will remain a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s space business currently generates $400,000,000 in annual revenue.
Sierra Nevada Corporation intends to participate in NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations program to mature commercial space station designs via Space Act Agreements.
Sierra Nevada Corporation acquired SpaceDev in 2008.
Sierra Nevada Corporation plans the first flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station in 2022.
Sierra Nevada announced on 2020-11-17 that the first flight of the Dream Chaser spacecraft to the ISS will slip to 2022 due to development delays caused by the pandemic.
United Launch Alliance planned Vulcan Centaur’s second flight in 2021 to carry Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Sierra Nevada Corporation originally planned Dream Chaser’s first flight for late 2021.
Sierra Nevada Corporation plans to use cargo and crew versions of Dream Chaser to support a commercial space station by the end of the decade.
Sierra Nevada Corporation expects commercial successors to the International Space Station to be in place to handle current ISS research activities by around 2028 to 2030.
Janet Kavandi, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s executive vice president for space systems, showed an illustration of a space station incorporating inflatable modules developed under NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program.
Sierra Nevada Corporation used a mission control center in Colorado to remotely oversee structural tests of Dream Chaser’s cargo module.