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Sierra Space

US
commercialFounded 2021
Louisville, Colorado, United States
sierraspace.com
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Investments by Sierra Space Ventures will provide access to Sierra Space’s research facilities in low-Earth orbit (LEO).

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductOct 20, 2022Sierra Space Announces the Creation of Sierra Space Ventures for Future Space Innovations

Matthew Mejía joined Sierra Space earlier in 2024 and oversees strategy, corporate development, and mergers & acquisitions at Sierra Space.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2022Sierra Space Announces the Creation of Sierra Space Ventures for Future Space Innovations

Blue Origin and Sierra Space developed the Orbital Reef commercial space station concept and provided a modest update on their plans at the IAC in Paris.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductOct 19, 2022Foust Forward | Hard choices facing commercial space stations

Sierra Space is a commercial Colorado space company creating and building space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit commercialization.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2022Sierra Space Ventures enables in-space breakthroughs of tomorrow … now

Sierra Space created Sierra Space Ventures to offer space innovators new opportunities.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2022Sierra Space Ventures enables in-space breakthroughs of tomorrow … now

Sierra Space is partnering with Blue Origin and other companies to develop the Orbital Reef commercial space station.

Mentioned as: sierra spaceNarrative GeneralOct 6, 2022Sierra Space hires former SpaceX executive as CIO

Sierra Space is actively developing a crewed version of Dream Chaser and expects to fly people on a crewed version by 2026.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative PlanOct 6, 2022Sierra Space hires former SpaceX executive as CIO

Sierra Space launched an extensive recruitment drive aiming to nearly double its workforce by adding 1,000 new positions in 2022.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductOct 6, 2022Sierra Space hires former SpaceX executive as CIO

Sierra Space expects the long-delayed first flight of Dream Chaser to take place in summer 2023 on the second launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative PlanOct 6, 2022Sierra Space hires former SpaceX executive as CIO

The UBP test was the first of two sub-scale burst tests scheduled for 2022 to support Sierra Space’s softgoods certification.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2022Sierra Space Announces Successful Completion of Ultimate Burst Pressure Test for LIFE Habitat

CisLunar Industries and Sierra Space signed a memorandum of understanding at IAC 2022 in Paris, France.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2022CisLunar Industries and Sierra Space sign MOU

The memorandum of understanding will provide a new product and service line for Sierra Space to offer to its space station customers.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductSep 21, 2022CisLunar Industries and Sierra Space sign MOU

Sierra Space president Janet Kavandi proposed unconventional space-manufacturing markets such as producing perfume from flowers grown in a space-based vegetable habitat.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductSep 12, 2022Foust Forward | Manufacturing a low Earth orbit economy

Sierra Space signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2022-09-08 to develop concepts for using Dream Chaser space planes and Shooting Star cargo modules for timely global delivery of Department of Defense logistics and personnel.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2022Sierra Space and U.S. military to explore using Dream Chaser for point-to-point cargo delivery

Sierra Space and Yuri are exploring future LEO destinations where Sierra Space’s Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) habitat could provide more than 300 cubic meters of on-orbit research space.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceTechnical ProductSep 6, 2022Sierra Space Signs Agreement with Yuri to Launch ScienceTaxi to Space

Dream Chaser is a winged commercial spaceplane designed and built by Sierra Space.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022Sierra Space Signs Agreement with Yuri to Launch ScienceTaxi to Space

The first mission for Yuri’s ScienceTaxi is scheduled to launch in 2024 aboard an ISS visiting vehicle with payload integration services provided by Sierra Space.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022Sierra Space Signs Agreement with Yuri to Launch ScienceTaxi to Space

Yuri’s ScienceTaxi is planned to launch on board Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser beginning in 2024 on a mission to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022Sierra Space Signs Agreement with Yuri to Launch ScienceTaxi to Space

The arrangement includes plans to launch Yuri’s ScienceTaxi on board Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser beginning in 2024 on a mission to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 1, 2022Sierra Space and Yuri to launch ScienceTaxi into space

In September 2021, Sierra Space and Yuri announced their intent to explore commercial opportunities for microgravity research aimed at creating medical breakthroughs.

Mentioned as: Sierra SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 1, 2022Sierra Space and Yuri to launch ScienceTaxi into space
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