Sierra Nevada selected to receive NASA products contract valued at $10M

By: Steve Monday December 17, 2012 Tags: Craig Gravelle, Dream Chaser, Louisville, NASA

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SPARKS, Nev. - Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems - which has a production facility in Louisville - announced its Dream Chaser Space System Program was chosen by NASA's Commercial Crew program to receive a Certification Products Contract worth up to $10 million.

The award is the first step to enabling International Space Station transportation services and to provide government certification of the Dream Chaser commercial crew orbital transportation system, SNC said.

The contract, the largest of the awards given in the latest funding round, is to be completed by May 30, 2014. It begins in January and will provide the beginning of a robust relationship between SNC and NASA of the communication of technical interchange, SNC said, concluding with the delivery of certification documentation to the space agency.

"The SNC team is thrilled with the opportunity to work with NASA to certify the Dream Chaser Space System for crewed low-Earth orbit flight," said Craig Gravelle, SNC Space Systems' senior director.

"This FAR-based contract will leverage SNC's success to date working with the Commercial Crew Program, as well as our partners' expertise in developing human spaceflight hardware."

The Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle is on schedule to complete its first free-flight test - in conjunction with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force base - in early 2013.

For more information, visit www.sncspace.com.

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