Dreamchaser and VIP's

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA and aerospace industry representatives tour facilities along Florida’s Space Coast prior to announcements made by Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Space Systems, to prepare for a November 2016 orbital flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft. Standing at the base of Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, from left, are Steve Lindsey, Dream Chaser program manager for SNC Space Systems Charlie Bolden, administrator of NASA Bob Cabana, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Michael Gass, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, or ULA and Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president and head of SNC Space Systems. SNC announced it plans to work with ULA to launch the Dream Chaser spacecraft into orbit atop an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station intends to land the winged spacecraft at the 3.5-mile-long runway at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility lease office space at Exploration Park, right outside Kennedy’s gates and process the spacecraft in the high bay of the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy, with Lockheed Martin performing the work. The announcements made during a news conference at Kennedy are considered substantial for SNC and important to plans by NASA and Space Florida for Kennedy’s transformation into a multi-user spaceport for both commercial and government customers. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston