Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

We are building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth. Reusable automated cargo lifting-body spaceplane (Dream Chaser), space station (Orbital Reef) and inflatable modules (LIFE).

Created: 2018-11-22

Updated: 2024-03-02

Company - Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Founded
Country
1963
USA
Funding
$1.4B+
Website
Sierra Space
Social
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Product/Service - Dream Chaser, Shooting Star

Classification
Cargo Transportation & Landers
Category
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Fields
Space Capsule
Reusable
Automated Microgravity Laboratory
Status
Development
First launch
2024

Dream Chaser

The First-Ever Winged Commercial Spaceplane

Under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract, Dream Chaser will provide a minimum of seven cargo service missions to and from the space station.

Another key element of Dream Chaser is a cargo module, called Shooting Star, that is attached to the aft end of Dream Chaser. That module gives the vehicle additional capacity for transporting cargo to the station as well as a means of disposing cargo from the station.

We’ve worked on designs that would allow it to even carry a couple of astronauts in either a low Earth orbit standalone mission or to supplement ISS capabilities or even to do free-flying missions. The module also be repurposed for cislunar missions, such as transporting cargo to NASA’s lunar Gateway.

Awarded a contract to repurpose SNC’s Shooting Star transport vehicle as a proposed commercial solution for an Unmanned Orbital Outpost – essentially a scalable, autonomous space station for experiments and logistics demonstrations – by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). SNC’s Shooting Star transport vehicle serves as the core structure for the proposed design.

Sierra Space completes first Dream Chaser, SpaceNews, 2023-11-06.

Human Spaceflight Center

Announced in 2022 that it is creating the world’s first fully integrated commercial human spaceflight center and astronaut training academy. 

Link

Product/Service - Orbital Reef, LIFE Habitat

Classification
Space Stations & Habitats
Category
Commercial Space Station
Fields
Commercial ISS Module
Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator
Status
Development
First launch
2026

Orbital Reef

Built in collaboration with Blue Origin, Sierra Space’s Orbital Reef team also includes aerospace giant Boeing and the contractors Redwire Space and Genesis Engineering. The new space station is intended to be habitable by at least 10 people by 2027 with Sierra Space’s accompanying Dream Chaser® spaceplane expected to be ready for deployment by 2025 to provide transportation.

Sierra Space and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed an agreement to study collaboration on technologies to support a planned commercial space station. The two companies announced a memorandum of understanding regarding collaboration on a “wide range of technologies” that could be used for Orbital Reef, a commercial space station announced last October with Sierra Space as one of the lead partners.

LIFE Habitat

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is continuing to advance its development of the company’s LIFE™ Habitat (Large Inflatable Fabric Environment) under Phase 3 of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Appendix A habitat program. In Phase 3, NASA has asked companies to focus on habitat design concepts that could be used on the lunar surface or as a Mars transportation habitat to test at the Gateway.

SNC’s LIFE habitat is unique in that it launches on a conventional rocket and inflates on-orbit to a large structure that is three stories tall, and 27 feet in diameter. It can comfortably sleep four astronauts, with additional room for science experiments, exercise equipment, a medical center and SNC’s Astro Garden® system, which the company is developing as an option to grow fresh produce for astronauts on long-duration space missions.

Plans to launch a commercial space station with inflatable human habitats within seven years. The company's orbiting space station has no name yet. The space station is a configuration of multiple large inflatable LIFE™ habitats that can be serviced by both cargo and crew carrying Dream Chaser® spaceplanes. SNC also released that a crewed Dream Chaser will be able to shuttle private astronauts and to serve as the only vehicle capable of rescuing astronauts from space destinations and returning them to Earth via a safe and speedy runway landing.

Sierra Space and Redwire are partnering on a biotech experiment platform that will be installed on a Sierra Space commercial space station module in what the companies call a first-of-its-kind arrangement.

News

Created: 2023-02-18

Updated: 2024-03-02

Link

Product/Service - Veggie, XROOTS

Classification
In-Space Manufacturing
Category
In-Space Manufacturing
Fields
Food for Space
Status
Demonstrated
First launch
2014

Space Food

In March of 2014, Veggie, a modularly designed vegetable production plant growth unit, developed and built in partnership with Sierra Space and Kennedy Space Center, was integrated by NASA aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This system provided sufficient lighting for plant growth making it possible for to successfully grow red romaine lettuce. After a safety analysis in 2015, U.S. astronauts were able to eat fresh produce for the first time on-orbit.

The eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) investigation uses hydroponic and aeroponic techniques to grow plants without soil or other growth media. Video and still images enable evaluation of multiple independent growth chambers for the entire plant life cycle from seed germination through maturity. Results could identify suitable methods to produce crops on a larger scale for future space missions.

Dragon CRS-2 SpX-26 had onboard are Red Robin dwarf cherry tomato seeds for the Veg-05 experiment. This experiment is part of the ongoing research from Veggie, a modularly designed vegetable production plant growth unit, developed and built in partnership with Sierra Space and Kennedy Space Center.

Created: 2023-02-18

Updated: 2024-03-02

Link

Product/Service

Classification
Space Resources
Category
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Space Resources
Resources - Energy
Fields
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Moon
Status
Development
First launch
Not announced

ISRU

In 2022, announced the successful completion of its $3.0M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III Test Readiness Review (TRR) with NASA for its carbothermal reduction technology. The Sierra Space system, developed over multiple contracts with NASA, processes and extracts oxygen from minerals in lunar regolith (soil) for use as astronaut life support and in propellant manufacturing in space. Producing oxygen on the moon is a key component for a sustained presence in space and reduces costs by not having to transport the critical element to space on launch.

DARPA LunA-10 Program Study, 2023-2024

To this end, DARPA has selected 14 companies for the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study, which aims to catalyze the setup of a future civil lunar framework for peaceful U.S. and international use. LunA-10 seeks to study the rapid development of technology concepts for a series of shareable, scalable systems that can operate jointly, creating monetizable services for future lunar users.

Sierra Space Secures DARPA Contract for Lunar Oxygen Extraction Framework for LunA-10 Capability Study, 2023-12-05.

Sierra Space has been selected for contract negotiation by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.

This study intends to integrating oxygen extraction, electrical storage and hydrogen-oxygen engine technology into an architecture on the surface of the moon. 

This research and development initiative will make advanced lunar missions possible and help shape the future of extended space exploration for the benefit of humanity.

Sierra Space has already demonstrated its capabilities in carbothermal oxygen production from lunar soil, or “regolith.” In April, NASA achieved a groundbreaking milestone by successfully extracting oxygen from simulated lunar soil using a carbothermal reactor developed in-house by Sierra Space. This breakthrough occurred within a thermal vacuum chamber simulating the lunar environment, setting the stage for future resource utilization on the moon, known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU).

Created: 2024-01-13

Updated: 2024-03-03

Product/Service - Ghost

Classification
Cargo Transportation & Landers
Category
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Fields
Space Capsule
Reusable
Automated Microgravity Laboratory
Status
Development
First launch
2024

Created: 2024-02-03

Updated: 2024-03-02

Link

Sources


Most sources should be linked in the texts and headings as revealed by mouse-over, but here are they listed for visibility.

[1] https://www.sierraspace.com/

[2] https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6900835018868969472/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6900835018868969472%29

[3] https://spacenews.com/the-next-and-most-profound-industrial-revolution-in-human-history-is-underway-in-low-earth-orbit/

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title Type Date Summary
Sustaining Life Beyond Earth: Space Farming Technology for Extended Space Exploration News 2024-02-05
SNC Selected by the Department of Defense to Design, Develop Unmanned Orbital Outpost Prototype Project 2020-07-14 Awarded a contract to repurpose SNC’s Shooting Star transport vehicle as a proposed commercial solution for an Unmanned Orbital Outpost – essentially a scalable, autonomous space station for experiments and logistics demonstrations – by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). SNC’s Shooting Star transport vehicle serves as the core structure for the proposed design.
Improving Life on Earth through a Shared Platform in Space Video 2022-03-11 Tomorrow, the medicine that will save a child's life - will be invented on a shared platform in space.
Three companies studying “Orbital Outpost” space station concepts for Defense Department News 2020-07-19 Three companies have received study contracts from a Defense Department agency regarding concepts for small, uncrewed space stations in low Earth orbit, although none of the awards yet fund spacecraft construction.
The next and most profound industrial revolution in human history is underway in Low Earth Orbit News 2023-01-13
Building the Space Economy with Sierra Space, York Space Systems, & Orbit Fab (Executive Podcast) Video 2022-10-07
SNC continues Inflatable LIFE Habitat Work for Deep Space Destinations News 2020-08-10
XROOTS Environmental System: Delivering Sustainability in Space Article 2022-10-17

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