The story of the Dream Chaser, the new American spaceplane ready for launch
The Dream Chaser is a spaceplane with a rather long history, a project that began in 2004 and will only be launched into space for the first time this year, in 2024, in a cargo version, meaning without astronauts. In this video, we've gathered its history and a description, to understand why some are already calling it the new Space Shuttle...in miniature.
Erratum: The Dream Chaser will land on the Shuttle Landing Facility, which is located at the Kennedy Space Center, not the Johnson Space Center as stated in the video. Sorry for the typo.
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Why a spaceplane?
03:10 The birth of the Dream Chaser
05:40 The transition to Sierra Nevada Corporation
07:15 The structure of the Dream Chaser.
09:10 The cargo capacity of the Dream Chaser.
11:00 The technical characteristics.
15:00 After the International Space Station.
3:30 PM The astronaut version.
4:30 PM Other active spaceplanes.
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