NASA Commercial Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Safety Review

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May 9, 2013

Trent J. Perrotto       
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx 

Candrea Thomas 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 
candrea.k.thomas@xxxxxxxx 

Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems, Louisville, Colo. 
720-407-3192 
krystal.scordo@xxxxxxxxxx 

RELEASE: 13-135

NASA COMMERCIAL PARTNER SIERRA NEVADA COMPLETES SAFETY REVIEW

WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, 
Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of 
its Dream Chaser Space System. This is the company's latest 
paid-for-performance milestone with NASA's Commercial Crew Program 
(CCP), which is working with commercial space partners to develop 
capabilities to launch U.S. astronauts from American soil in the next 
few years. 

The Integrated Systems Safety Analysis Review provided NASA with 
hazard reports and safety and reliability plans for the major 
components of the company's integrated crew transportation system, 
including the Dream Chaser spacecraft, United Launch Alliance Atlas V 
rocket, and flight and ground systems. 

"Safety review milestones are critical to ensuring safety and 
reliability techniques and methods are incorporated into space 
systems design," said Ed Mango, NASA's CCP manager. "NASA's 
participation in these reviews provides our partners with critical 
design experiences from past human spaceflight activities." 

SNC is developing its Dream Chaser Space System under NASA's 
Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is 
intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight 
services for government and commercial customers. 

"Dream Chaser is making substantial progress toward flight with the 
help of our NASA team," said Mark Sirangelo, head of SNC's Space 
Systems. "The ability to openly exchange information through the work 
on these CCiCap milestones is invaluable for many reasons, such as 
communicating Dream Chaser development plans and receiving timely 
feedback from NASA, all of which help to improve our design and 
maximize safety and reliability. As we begin our flight test program 
we have a better and stronger program due to our partnership with 
NASA." 

A Dream Chaser engineering test craft is being prepared for shipment 
to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California this month for 
its first free-flight test later this year at the center. The test 
will provide data on the winged spacecraft's aerodynamic performance 
during approach and landing on a traditional runway. 

For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew 

	
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