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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Sierra Nevada Corporation retains the option to develop a crewed version of Dream Chaser while seeking other customers for the vehicle.
The Denver-area talent pool includes engineers working at Deep Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Nevada Corporation, which are all part of the CLPS program.
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Shooting Star cargo module was developed to provide additional cargo capacity for Dream Chaser missions to the International Space Station and to dispose of cargo after departing the station while the Dream Chaser glides back to Earth.
Procurement records on beta.SAM.gov show DIU awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation $439,100 for "Phase 1: Orbital Outpost Prototype Project" in February.
Sierra Nevada Corporation is using its manufacturing capabilities to provide relief to healthcare workers and first responders during the COVID-19 crisis.
A second Commercial Resupply Services contract was awarded in 2016 to SpaceX, Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman), and Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Sierra Nevada Corporation is building its first Dream Chaser spacecraft, which the company plans to launch in the fall of 2021.
SpaceX won one of three CRS-2 contracts in January 2016 alongside Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman) and Sierra Nevada Corporation to continue cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.
SNC retains an unfunded extension of a 2012 commercial crew award to support planning for a crewed version of Dream Chaser.
Sierra Nevada Corporation can leverage technologies developed for its Dream Chaser vehicle to take larger lunar payloads and could begin lunar lander missions in 2022.
NASA awarded CRS-2 contracts in January 2016 to Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), and SpaceX.
Extension of the International Space Station beyond 2024 could create opportunities to add new commercial crew providers similar to how Sierra Nevada Corporation was added to ISS cargo delivery contracts.
Sierra Nevada Corporation aims to have the first Dream Chaser vehicle fully assembled and tested by April 2021.
Sierra Nevada Corporation intends to build additional Dream Chaser vehicles and is working with Lockheed Martin on a second structure.
Lockheed Martin built the primary structure of the first orbital Dream Chaser vehicle and shipped it from a Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas to Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Sierra Nevada Corporation retains plans to eventually develop a crewed version of the Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Sierra Nevada Corporation originally planned to use ULA’s Atlas V for at least the initial Dream Chaser mission that was scheduled for late 2020.
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s working relationship with United Launch Alliance dates back to plans under NASA’s commercial crew program to launch a crewed version of Dream Chaser on an Atlas V.
Sierra Nevada Corporation selected Vulcan to launch six Dream Chaser missions to the ISS under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract awarded by NASA in 2016.
Sierra Nevada Corporation selected United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan launch vehicle to send Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station starting in late 2021.