In 2016, the space Agency NASA signed a contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation they have agreed that developed spaceship Dream Chaser will be used to deliver cargo to the International space station. It is expected that he will fulfill at least six missions, and each will raise around 3,400 pounds of cargo in the form of food and water. Recently in Wisconsin was successfully conducted test firing of its engine.
It was called Vortex and, in the opinion of the company, will save tens of millions of dollars. Such a statement is because the engine has a design which does not require high costs of manufacture and maintenance. The ship itself Dream Chaser is independent of the launcher, that is, to run it you can use different boosters, which is also a huge plus.
Engine for Dream Chaser to fly at high altitude
Demonstrated the engine will be installed on the first stage, ignited at high altitudes and to set in motion the Dream Chaser in the upper atmosphere. Demonstration of the engine was successful, so the chances that the ship will actually be able to deliver its first cargo to the ISS in the stated period, has increased significantly. We will remind, the company plans to launch the service station in the spring of 2021.
According to the Senator from Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin, the development of such a promising ship, the company provides people with 250 high-paying jobs. Thus, the project Dream Chaser will play a big role not only in the lives of the astronauts, but ordinary people.
Failure Dream Chaser
Spacecraft Dream Chaser is being tested for quite some time — the first test flight took place in 2013. Unfortunately, then he crashed and was severely injured, and since then it was long restored. In August 2017, was carried out one more flight, and he was successful.
Unfortunately, accidents on the test — phenomenon is very widespread. Recently, during testing of the rocket Omega’s explosion of its nozzle. Find out the details about the incident and watch the video in our material.
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