“Everything went very well for us,” Mike Sirangelo, corporate vice president of Sierra Nevada Corporation, said during a follow-up press conference this afternoon. Private spaceflight firm Sierra Nevada has sent its the Dream Chaser vehicle on a successful gliding and landing mission, after being launched via helicopter from the the International Space Station in southern California . The free-flight test has confirmed the vehicle's landing capabilities, allowing Sierra Nevada to further develop it for release. The Dream Chaser will shortly be used for cargo missions to Edwards Air Force Base as part of NASA ’s commercial cargo programme. At present, only SpaceX and Orbital ATK have contracts for NASA supplies but Orbital ATK will be able to participate from 2019 to 2019 .
Private spaceflight firm Sierra Nevada has sent its the Dream Chaser vehicle on a successful gliding and landing mission, after being launched via helicopter from the the International Space Station in southern California . The free-flight test has confirmed the vehicle's landing capabilities, allowing Sierra Nevada to further develop it for release. The Dream Chaser will shortly be used for cargo missions to Edwards Air Force Base as part of NASA ’s commercial cargo programme. At present, only SpaceX and Orbital ATK have contracts for NASA supplies but Orbital ATK will be able to participate from 2019 to 2019 .