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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Under the CRS-2 contracts, Orbital ATK, SpaceX, and Sierra Nevada Corporation will transport 87,900 kg to the ISS on 21 missions for a projected cost of $6,310,000,000.
Sierra Nevada Corporation plans to build a single Dream Chaser spacecraft for CRS-2 missions and intends to fly that vehicle up to 15 times.
NASA paid Sierra Nevada Corporation $4,400,000 in CRS-2 integration costs to work on a Dream Chaser variant that can dock with the ISS even though initial Dream Chaser missions will be berthed using the station’s robotic arm.