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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser is about 30 feet (9 meters) long and can carry up to 12,125 lbs. (5,500 kilograms) of cargo up to the International Space Station. The spacecraft has a wingspan of roughly 23 feet (7 meters). Dream Chaser's design is based on the HL-20, a 1980s NASA design that, interestingly, was based on the Soviet BOR-4. The company has described the initial structural framework as one of the most complex all-composite structures...

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