Dreamchaser spacecraft to begin phase 2 of flight testing.

Dreamchaser test vehicle ready to ship to NASA's AFRC

Sierra Nevada Cooperation's Dreamchaser test vehicle is now ready for transportation to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California for its second phase of flight testing. When Dreamchaser arrives it will be put through a series of ground tests to verify and validate the spacecraft's systems. After these pre-flight ground tests, the vehicle will enter its phase 2 free-flight test which is when the spacecraft is carried to high altitude and dropped to glide back and land on a runway. “Dream Chaser continues to make strong progress toward orbital flight,” said Mark N. Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC’s Space Systems business area. The data from the free-flight tests will confirm Dreamchaser's subsonic aerodynamic properties, flight software, and control system requirements.