Automated shuttle wins NASA ISS contract
Mini space shuttle will fly cargo to Space Station
NASA awarded contracts to three companies for unmanned commercial cargo delivery missions to the space station through 2024:
“…Sierra Nevada, the newcomer to the CRS program, will provide two versions of its Dream Chaser lifting body vehicle: one that berths and one that docks. Dream Chaser will be able to glide back to a runway landing to any number of potential sites, although Kirk Shireman, NASA ISS program manager, said the Kennedy Space Center is the most likely site in order to get experiments returned from the station into the hands of scientists as quickly as possible…”
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Source: Orbital, Sierra Nevada, SpaceX win NASA commercial cargo contracts – SpaceNews.com