Cockpit : https://skfb.ly/yuxH Dream Chaser : https://skfb.ly/yuxG I am not really happy with it currently because of several inaccurate modeled parts (the complete Cockpit, landing gears). [ August 30, 2020 ] [ September 1, 2020 ] [ August 31, 2020 ] “At this time, NASA has granted only Orbital ATK the authority to proceed with its first mission under CRS-2. “We recognize the importance of on time and reliable transportation of crew and cargo to Station and are honored the Atlas 5 was selected to continue to launch cargo resupply missions for NASA.”The Atlas 5 has dispatched three commercial Cygnus supply ships to the space station for Orbital ATK as the company worked through problems with its own Antares booster.Financial terms of the ULA-Sierra Nevada agreement were not disclosed. The cargo version of Dream Chaser can carry up to 5,500 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station and return 1,850 kilograms to Earth in … Image credit: NASA/David C. BowmanImage above: Rex Walheim was one of four astronauts to fly simulated Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser landings May 15-17. Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. The winged vehicle will launch vertically atop a rocket but end its missions with runway landings, like NASA’s now-retired space shuttle orbiters used to do. Sierra Nevada and United Launch Alliance have announced the most powerful version of the Atlas 5 rocket, with five strap-on boosters and a twin-engine upper stage, will send the first two Dream Chaser cargo missions to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral in 2020 and 2021, a schedule that still must be confirmed by NASA.The lifting body spaceship, designed to lift off on top of a conventional rocket and land in a runway like the space shuttle, can deliver around 12,000 pounds (5,500 kilograms) of scientific experiments, hardware and crew supplies to the space station on each unpiloted mission.The Dream Chaser will will max out at approximately 20 tons when fully fueled at launch, requiring the lift capability of ULA’s biggest Atlas 5 version. Sierra Nevada has long been a ULA partner, and Wednesday’s announcement was expected.Sierra Nevada officials earlier this year hoped to launch the first Dream Chaser into orbit by the end of 2019, but the companies said Thursday that the first two orbital flights would occur in 2020 and 2021.“SNC recognizes the proven reliability of the Atlas 5 rocket and its availability and schedule performance makes it the right choice for the first two flights of the Dream Chaser,” said Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC’s space systems business area. The external cargo section will jettisoned after the ship departs the space station for a destructive re-entry, while the Dream Chaser itself will glide through the atmosphere for touchdown on a runway.Space station cargo missions will end at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a few miles from the Atlas 5 launch pad. Rocket Lab returns to service with successful launch for Capella ... Sierra Nevada says the Dream Chaser … Nov 13, 2014 - Dryden technicians modify Dream Chaser simulator. NASA engineer Bruce Jackson briefs astronauts Rex Walheim and Gregory Johnson about the Synthetic Vision and Enhanced Vision systems in a flight simulator Image credit: NASA/David C. Bowman NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Atlas 5’s modified Centaur upper stage will have two RL10 engines instead of one, a configuration flown on previous Atlas rockets that will debut on the Atlas 5 next year on crewed flights of Boeing’s CST-100 capsule.NASA awarded Sierra Nevada a commercial cargo contract, alongside incumbent providers SpaceX and Orbital ATK, in January 2016 to meet the space station’s logistics needs from 2019 through 2024.“ULA is pleased to partner with Sierra Nevada Corporation to launch its Dream Chaser cargo system to the International Space Station in less than three years,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of human and commercial systems, in a statement Wednesday.