SNC hopes to partner with NASA with developing the new station in the case that the ISS is defunded by Congress or is damaged beyond repair. Thermal protection tiles are being installed on the vehicle’s exterior and its wings will be attached this summer. The first Dream Chaser orbital vehicle is being assembled in Louisville, Colorado. “SNC intends to lead in LEO commercialization, building on NASA’s efforts to date and welcoming additional public and private partners worldwide.”
“NASA has asked private industry to come to the table with alternatives to the International Space Station,” said Janet Kavandi former NASA astronaut and SSG executive vice president of SNC’s Space Systems. SNC’s Astro Garden ® system also provides fresh food within the habitat. The LIFE habitat is undergoing a NASA soft-goods certification this year and the full-size ground prototype developed under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 contract is in the process of being transferred from Johnson Space Center in Texas to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for further testing on short-and long-term habitation. The LIFE habitat is a three-story, 27-foot large inflatable fabric environment that launches on a conventional rocket and inflates on-orbit. – Agricultural production for food and science – In-space manufacturing such as 3D printing SNC also released that a crewed Dream Chaser will be able to shuttle private astronauts and to serve as the only vehicle capable of rescuing astronauts from space destinations and returning them to Earth via a safe and speedy runway landing.Īmong the industries that have demonstrated interest in space-based operations: “Dream Chaser and its runway landing offer the scalable, preferred solution for humans and science in support of a vibrant LEO economy.” “There is no scalable space travel industry without a spaceplane,” said SNC’s Chairwoman and owner Eren Ozmen. The space station is a configuration of multiple large inflatable LIFE habitats that can be serviced by both cargo and crew-carrying Dream Chaser ® spaceplanes. SPARKS, Nev., Ma– Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security company owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen outlined development plans for its low-Earth orbit (LEO) space station – leveraging its transportation and destination technologies – releasing new images, details, and video of the unique concept in support of LEO commercialization. The ISS has been operational for just over two decades but has been slowly showing its age and SNC wants to give the world a replacement that is larger and more capable. SNC’s executives spoke with the media Wednesday about their plans to fully commercialize low Earth orbit including its own space station to replace the International Space Station. SNC has been a major defense and aerospace contractor since the 60s and is currently building the Dream Chaser spaceplane for NASA’s Commercial Resupply 2 contract and is projected to fly in 2022. During a press conference today at their offices in Louisville, Colorado about the commercialization of low Earth orbit Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced a plan to build a new space station in low Earth orbit.
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