.@SierraNevCorp‘s Dream Chaser has arrived and will undergo testing to prepare for its approach & landing flight. https://t.co/If1hZpJxKJ pic.twitter.com/iJlaRQ9sBl
— NASA Armstrong (@NASAArmstrong) January 26, 2017
Editor’s Note: Dream Chaser was last at Edwards in October 2013 for its first and only drop test. It was released from a helicopter and glided to a runway landing. However, it crashed after part of its landing gear failed to deploy. Video of the accident has never been released.
At the time, Sierra Nevada was testing a crew version of the Dream Chaser under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The vehicle was dropped from the program the following year. However, NASA has given the company a contract to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) using a cargo variant of the spacecraft.