#sierra-space — Public Fediverse posts

Sierra Space raises $550 million in Series C funding

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-raises-550-million-in-series-c-funding/

Sierra Space names Dan Jablonsky CEO

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-names-dan-jablonsky-ceo/

At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/at-colorado-space-firms-hegseth-casts-pentagon-bureaucracy-as-the-enemy/

Dream Chaser completes key tests ahead of first flight

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/dream-chaser-completes-key-tests-ahead-of-first-flight/

• #Vast plans to send the 45 m3 #Haven1 to orbit in 📆 2026, the 55 m3 #Haven2 in 📆 2028
• #AxiomSpace plans to launch its first module to the #ISS in 📆 2027, later joined by two 11 x 4.2 meter (145 m3) habitable modules
• #Airbus and #VoyagerSpace plan to launch the 450 m3 #Starlab 📆 2028
• #SierraSpace and #BlueOrigin start operating the 830 m3 #OrbitalReef by the end of the decade

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/private-space-stations-of-the-future-promise-luxury-but-can-they-deliver/

#SpaceStation

In 📆 2014 #NASA selected #SpaceX’s #CrewDragon and #Boeing’s #Starliner for crewed missions to the #ISS. #SierraNevada protested the decision but lost the appeal. In 📆 2016 NASA awarded Sierra Space a minimum of seven resupply flights to the ISS. Ongoing development challenges at #SierraSpace are hindering readiness for flight https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/09/nasas-contract-overhaul-dream-chasers-jeopardy

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser debut mission delayed again, no longer docking to station

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/09/26/sierra-spaces-dream-chaser-debut-mission-delayed-again-no-longer-docking-to-station/

Looks like Sierra Space's Dream Chaser just got a major mission update: NASA's no longer guaranteeing cargo flights. Time for a strategic pivot, or maybe just a really big `git revert`?

How do companies adapt to such massive changes in critical contracts?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/sierra-spaces-spaceplane-faces-a-reinvention-after-nasa-contract-change/
#SpaceNews #TechCrunch #Aerospace #SierraSpace #SpaceDev

NASA modifies Dream Chaser ISS cargo contract as Sierra Space shifts to defense work

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/nasa-modifies-dream-chaser-iss-cargo-contract-as-sierra-space-shifts-to-defense-work/

Sierra Space doubles down on defense

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-doubles-down-on-defense/

Sierra Space completes ground demo of navigation satellite for U.S. Space Force program

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-completes-ground-demo-of-navigation-satellite-for-u-s-space-force-program/

@spacenews.com.web.brid.gy

Sierra Space CEO departs
by Jeff Foust

#SierraSpace #NASA #DreamChaser

https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-ceo-departs/

Sierra Space CEO departs

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-ceo-departs/

#AstralMaterials and #SpaceForge plan #semiconductor development in #microgravity using #SierraSpace’s #DreamChaser and #SpaceStation https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-partners-with-companies-for-space-based-semiconductor-manufacturing

📆 2025 preview :

• #Moon 🌙 deliveries by #Astrobotic, #IntuitiveMachines and #Firefly Aerospace.
• #SPHEREx will create a map of the universe 🌌
• #ESA's 🇪🇺 #SpaceRider #spaceplane orbital test flight
• #Japan's 🇯🇵 lunar lander and micro-rover
• #Tianwen2 🇨🇳 collects samples from a #NEA ☄️
• #BepiColombo at #Mercury
• #EuropaClipper at #Mars
• #NASA’s #Lucy #asteroid flyby
• #JUICE at #Venus
https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-missions-coming-in-2025

• #SierraSpace #DreamChaser test mission to the #ISS https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025

Weekly output: Brendan Carr, next big things in robotics and automation and in space and telecom, Android 16, Starship flight test, Google search-antitrust case, 1Password

The last full workweek of November had me feeling very busy.

11/18/2024: Trump’s Pick for FCC Chair Has Vowed Crackdown on Big Tech ‘Censorship’, PCMag

President-elect Trump naming Brendan Carr as his next chair of the Federal Communications Commission gave me a reason to look through my notes of his talks at telecom events over the past couple of years.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in robotics and automation for 2024, Fast Company

I’ve spent a non-trivial part of the last few months assessing candidate companies for this list, and now the results of that work are public.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in space and telecom for 2024, Fast Company

My other part of this year’s version of Fast Company’s “NBTT” list involved a couple of  industry sectors that I enjoy covering for that publication.

11/19/2024: First Android 16 Dev Preview Is Here As Google Pushes Up OS Launch Window, PCMag

Google moving up the release cycle for the next version of Android meant that I did not have to write this post in a jet-lagged haze in an Airbnb room in Barcelona as I did in February.

11/20/2024: Starship’s Sixth Flight Test Skips the Tower Catch, Ends in Soft Splashdown, PCMag

Writing about this flight test was easier than covering Starship’s fifth flight test, because I did not have to get up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday.

11/21/2024: DOJ Wants to Force Google to Sell Chrome, License Search Data to Rivals, PCMag

Writing about a government proposal to force a tech giant to divest some core assets reminded me of covering the Microsoft antitrust trial some 25 years ago.

11/21/2024: 1Password Chief Wouldn’t Mind Apple, Google Getting Pushy About Passkeys, PCMag

I wrote up a conversation I’d had the previous Thursday morning at Web Summit in Lisbon with 1Password’s co-CEO Jeff Shiner; I needed another few days to check a few details about how that password-manager service that I’ve used since 2019 deals with passkey authentication.

#1Password #Android16 #FastCompany #FCC #FlockSafety #GoogleAntitrust #GoogleChrome #GoogleSearchAntitrust #JeffShiner #Luminar #MachinaLabs #NBTT #passkeys #SierraSpace #Skylo #SpaceX #SpaceXStarship #Starship #TMobile

@angry_astro #nasa #dreamchaser #sierraspace

Dream Chaser in trouble? #FAA delays with this ship too? Does NASA need Starliner after all?"

https://youtu.be/Jx63KRqCq48?feature=shared

"U.S. Air Force to study use of Sierra Space ‘Ghost’ spacecraft to deliver cargo from orbit"

https://spacenews.com/the-air-force-is-exploring-the-potential-of-space-vehicles-to-rapidly-transport-critical-supplies-from-orbital-warehouses-back-to-earth/

'The space infrastructure company Sierra Space announced Oct. 3 it has secured backing from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance its “Ghost” spacecraft, a system designed to deliver cargo from space to any location on Earth in under 90 minutes.'

#USA #USAF #space #technology #spacecraft #SierraSpace #logistics

@ScottManleyHimself on #SierraSpace’s #DreamChaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0XZjQf7AM

#BlueOrigin and Cerberus Capital Management had placed bids in early 2023 for #ULA. #RocketLab had also expressed interest. None of those discussions led to a deal. #Boeing and #LockheedMartin are in talks to sell their rocket-launching joint venture ULA to #SierraSpace https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-lockheed-martin-talks-sell-ula-sierra-space-2024-08-16/

@thespacerace " The Real Reason Sierra Space Is About To Take Over" #dreamchaser #ula #sierraspace ... anyone but Boeing or an Elon Company Please 🙏

https://youtu.be/cnrtXo8MT68?feature=shared

#NASA und #SierraSpace entwickeln derzeit aufblasbare Habitate für den Weltraum. Und die neue Version hat nun einen Drucktest bestanden. Und das sieht auch spektakulär aus. https://winfuture.de/news,144148.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

"We now know it’s possible to equal or surpass the total habitable volume of the entire International #SpaceStation, in a single launch” 🚀 https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-conducts-second-full-scale-burst-test-of-inflatable-module/

#SierraSpace #ISS #comparison

📆 2026 StarMax 400 m3 #Gravitics
📆 2026 LIFE Pathfinder 285 m3 #SierraSpace
📆 2026 Axiom Station #AxiomSpace
📆 2027 Haven-1 80 m3 #VastSpace
📆 2027 Lunar Gateway 125 m3 #NASA #ESA #CSA #JAXA
📆 2027 Orbital Reef 830 m3 #BlueOrigin #SierraSpace
📆 2027 Russian Orbital Service Station #Roscosmos
📆 2028 Starlab ~450 m3 #NanoRacks #VoyagerSpace #Airbus #MDASpace #Mitsubishi
📆 2028 Bharatiya Antariksha Station 265 m3 #ISRO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_stations#Planned_and_proposed

#SpaceStation #launch

#SierraSpace’s #DreamChaser will remain behind after the company informed #ULA it would not be able to make the launch date https://payloadspace.com/ula-sets-vulcan-cert-2-for-september-without-dream-chaser/

#Vulcan

Не Старлайнером единым полнятся космоновости:
Дебют космического корабля Dream Chaser откладывается — компания Sierra Space, его разрабатывающая, не укладывается в сроки. (Видимо поды из хеллдайверов слишком интересны, чтобы от них оторваться :ageblobcat:).

Компании United Launch Alliance же не впервой ждать, когда полезная нагрузка будет готова под их ракету — именно ULA запускала Starliner.

Такое ощущение, что все компетентные инженеры США оказались либо внутри SpaceX, либо в стартапах уволившихся из SpaceX :blobcatthink:

#Космос #Космоновости #Перенос #SierraSpace #Space #ULA #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DreamChaser #Spaceship #Delay

ULA will launch its second Vulcan rocket without a real payload - Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan rocket on the launch pa... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033825 #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #dreamchaser #sierraspace #torybruno #science #launch #vulcan #space

The #DreamChaser launch 🚀 is scheduled for the third or fourth quarter of this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExDvYnuRFpI
#SierraSpace