Sierra Nevada's minishuttle is go for space station supply deliveries in 2020

The International Space Station will have a new spacecraft visitor starting in 2020 now that Sierra Nevada has received NASA approval to send its Dream Chaser cargo carrier to the orbiting laboratory. The Nevada-based commercial space company said Wednesday that it has the go-ahead from NASA to finalize the spacecraft, which looks like a mini space shuttle, for cargo resupply missions beginning in late 2020. More News Headlines 'Starman' in Tesla heads toward sun SpaceX Falcon 9 booster at sea likely destroyed, sources say Small asteroid will pass very close to Earth on Friday “SNC has been successfully completing critical design milestones as approved by NASA, and having a timetable for the first launch is another important step achieved for us,” Sierra Nevada Corp. CEO Fatih Ozmen said. More

(Source: WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando - Feb 10)