Sierra Space, a private aerospace company from the United States. The company revealed the progress made in the project to build the Dream Chaser – Tenacity space plane and the Shooting Star cargo unit. It recently revealed that it had passed an important test in preparation for launching into space to test the use of cargo transportation in the future.
Photo from Space Sierra
Such tests were performed at NASA's Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, located in Ohio. The United States by both the space plane and the charging unit have passed the impact resistance test. Resisting vibration and handling extreme temperatures to ensure it can actually be launched into space.
Because in space there can be extreme temperatures ranging from extremely cold to below freezing. To extreme temperatures of up to hundreds of degrees Celsius for this reason, both the space plane and the charging unit must therefore pass a temperature test in a vacuum. With temperatures ranging from -100°C to 120°C, which were successfully passed.
After this, the company prepares to launch a space plane. The cargo module will be flown to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where engineers will check to make sure everything is working as planned. Before preparing to launch it into space during 2024
Photo from Space Sierra
For the Dream Chaser – Tenacity, the company defines it as a “spaceplane” or “spaceplane” that combines the features of airplanes and spacecraft together and this allows it to glide through the Earth’s atmosphere. It can land on the runway like an airplane, including the ability to use it in space. Like a spaceship
The company hopes that once the tests are completed, the spaceplane will be available to domestic and international customers in the future. To travel to transport various goods or supplies to low Earth orbit, which is another option for future space transportation services.
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