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Sierra Space

US
commercialFounded 2021
Louisville, Colorado, United States
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Sierra Space is establishing a training facility in Florida to train its professional astronauts as well as researchers and private astronauts planning to go to Orbital Reef.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/1/2023Dream Chaser moves a step closer to first launch

Sierra Space plans to select its own professional astronaut corps upon the first successful landing of Dream Chaser, with an initial group of 12 to 15 people.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/1/2023Dream Chaser moves a step closer to first launch

Sierra Space will provide cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station under NASA's CRS-2 contract.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT5/24/2023Sierra Space Trains NASA and JAXA Astronauts for Dream Chaser Spaceplane Mission to International Space Station

Sierra Space is working on two cargo Dream Chasers, with the first scheduled to ship in July to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio for thermal vacuum, acoustics, and vibration testing and then go to Kennedy Space Center in November for launch on a Vulcan Centaur.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/18/2023Sierra Space and ILC Dover partner on inflatable modules and spacesuits

Sierra Space signed a new Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to expand collaboration and accelerate LIFE development.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/24/2023Sierra Space advances future of Space Habitation in Low-Earth Orbit

Sierra Space’s science office, led by PhDs in biotechnology and advanced materials, is working with customers to develop products such as oncology drugs and advanced metallic materials.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/21/2022The next and most profound industrial revolution in human history is underway in Low Earth Orbit

Sierra Space and IBM signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop next-generation space technology and software platforms across Sierra Space’s range of space vehicles and infrastructure.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/28/2022Sierra Space Signs MoU with IBM to Develop Next Generation Software Platform for Space

Sierra Space and IBM signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop next-generation space technology and software platforms across Sierra Space’s range of space vehicles and infrastructure.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/28/2022Sierra Space Signs MoU with IBM to Develop Next Generation Software Platform for Space

Sierra Space and IBM signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing next-generation space technology and software platforms across Sierra Space’s space vehicles and infrastructure.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/26/2022MOU signed between Sierra Space + IBM

Sierra Space and IBM signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing next-generation space technology and software platforms across Sierra Space’s space vehicles and infrastructure.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/26/2022MOU signed between Sierra Space + IBM

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.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/6/2022Sierra 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.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/6/2022Sierra 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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/1/2022Sierra Space and Yuri to launch ScienceTaxi into 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.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/1/2022Sierra Space and Yuri to launch ScienceTaxi into space

Dream Chaser is under construction at Sierra Space’s Colorado headquarters and is expected to launch in 2023 on the first of a series of NASA missions to the International Space Station.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/22/2022Post-NASA / Sierra Space / Blue Origin system definition review, Orbital Reef commercial space station now on-track to the design phase

Sierra Space signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Turkish Space Agency and ESEN Sistem Entegrasyon on 2022-06-29.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/29/2022Sierra Space signs agreement with Turkish Space Agency

Sierra Space secured $1,400,000,000 in Series A capital in November 2021, representing the largest Series A capital raise in 2021 and the industry’s second-largest private capital raise in history.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/29/2022New cooperation agreement signed between Sierra Space, Turkish Space Agency + ESEN for LEO, lunar + astronaut programs development

Sierra Space secured $1,400,000,000 in Series A capital in November 2021, representing the largest Series A capital raise in 2021 and the industry’s second-largest private capital raise in history.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/29/2022New cooperation agreement signed between Sierra Space, Turkish Space Agency + ESEN for LEO, lunar + astronaut programs development

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.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/29/2022New cooperation agreement signed between Sierra Space, Turkish Space Agency + ESEN for LEO, lunar + astronaut programs development

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/21/2022Sierra Space signs agreement for Dream Chaser landings at Spaceport America
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