First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site

Enlarge / Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane inside a NASA test chamber in Ohio.Sierra Space

There is still some work to do to prepare Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane for its first mission, but the company says the winged resupply craft for the International Space Station will soon ship to its launch site in Florida.

The Dream Chaser will take off on top of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket to head for the space station. A spokesperson for Sierra Space told Ars the spaceplane’s launch is scheduled for the third or fourth quarter of this year.

But Sierra Space will

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