Dream Chaser Ground Support Equipment Testing

Sierra Space recently performed a test of ground support equipment with a mass simulator for the Dream Chaser spacecraft. The team practiced lifting and rotating the simulator in the Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for ground operations with the spacecraft over the course of several days. NASA selected Sierra Space as one of three U.S. companies for the Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract to launch cargo missions to the International Space Station. The spaceplane will fly back to Earth and land on the runway at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility, returning cargo from the station. The space station advances scientific knowledge in Earth, space, physical, and biological sciences, for the benefits of people living on our home planet, and cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the microgravity laboratory.