Designer Edge Image of the Day – 5-17-13 – NASA’s Next Shuttle?

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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser recently arrived at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. In coming weeks it will begin flight tests on the dry lake bed of Edwards Air Force Base. The 25,000lb craft is one of three vehicles being tested by NASA to service the ISS and other low orbit missions sometime near the end of the decade.

Watch An Overview of the Dream Chaser Vehicle:

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