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Sierra Space signed a memorandum of understanding with Spaceport America on 2022-06-21 to study landings of Dream Chaser vehicles at Spaceport America’s 3,650-meter runway.
Sierra Space will work with Spaceport America to use the spaceport in New Mexico as a potential future landing site for the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle.
The MOU between Sierra Space and Spaceport America commits both parties to pursue a Part 433 reentry site operator’s license for Spaceport America from the FAA.
Sierra Nevada Corporation spun off Sierra Space as a standalone company in 2021.
Sierra Space aims to start flying astronauts by 2026 to support the start of Orbital Reef construction.
Sierra Space expects to start selecting astronauts for training in 2023.
Sierra Space is creating an astronaut training program led by Janet Kavandi, a company executive and former NASA astronaut.
Sierra Space is partnering with Blue Origin and other companies to develop the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Sierra Space announced on 2022-06-14 that it is opening a commercial human spaceflight training center and astronaut training academy at its offices at the Kennedy Space Center.
Sierra Space is building the LIFE habitat, a three-story commercial habitation and science platform designed for low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is a mixed-use business park in low Earth orbit being developed by Sierra Space and Blue Origin that is expected to be operational by 2027.
Sierra Space secured $1,400,000,000 in Series A capital in November 2021, which was the largest Series A capital raise in 2021 and the industry’s second largest private capital raise in history.
The Series A investment in Sierra Space was led by General Atlantic, Coatue, and Moore Strategic Ventures, with participation from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and AE Industrial Partners.
The partnership intends to establish production efficiency and integrated assembly solutions for Sierra Space’s Shooting Star cargo module to support resupply missions to the International Space Station under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract.
Shooting Star will support future cargo missions to the International Space Station under Sierra Space’s contract with NASA and for other applications.
Boeing is participating in the Orbital Reef commercial space station project being developed with Blue Origin and Sierra Space and is offering Starliner for crew transportation to that station.
Sierra Space will have representatives at the opening day ceremony on 2022-06-21 at the Las Cruces Convention Center and at the launch days at Spaceport America 2022-06-22-25.
Sierra Space provided SpaceNews with images of Tenacity being assembled at its Colorado headquarters.
Funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and AE Industrial Partners participated in Sierra Space’s $1,400,000,000 Series A investment.
Sierra Space secured a $1,400,000,000 Series A capital raise in November 2021.