Sierra Space's Dream Chaser is the only spacecraft heading to the ISS that lands on a runway - and its 17–22 degree descent angle at 170–190 knots changes everything about how you think about orbital return.
VectorThe Boeing X-37B is a classified Space Force spaceplane that spends years in orbit, then lands itself on a runway - and its seven missions are rewriting the rules for reusable spacecraft.
VectorSierra Nevada's Dream Chaser traces its aerodynamic DNA to NASA's 1960s lifting body research at Edwards AFB, built to land on a runway like a conventional aircraft.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser is a reusable lifting body spaceplane built to launch on a rocket, deliver cargo to the ISS, and land autonomously on conventional airport runways.
VectorThe Dream Chaser is the first spacecraft since the 2011 Space Shuttle retirement designed to land on a conventional airport runway using a 60-year lifting body lineage.
VectorThe X-37B spaceplane has executed fully autonomous runway landings from orbital velocity across seven missions, building the most demanding autonomous landing dataset in aerospace history.
VectorHow Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane returns from orbit at just 1.5 g and lands on a runway like an airliner.
VectorHow Sierra Space's Dream Chaser lands like an airplane on a runway, and why the Space Shuttle's lifting-body shape keeps coming back.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Sierra Space Dream Chaser, Tenacity, and the Lifting-Body Spaceplane That Glides Home to a Runway Like an Airliner.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane, first vehicle Tenacity, aims to land from orbit on a runway like an airliner.
VectorDawn Aerospace's Mark Two Aurora took off from a runway and broke the sound barrier - a rocket plane built to fly, land, and fly again the same day.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser is a lifting-body spaceplane that lands on a runway like an airplane, returning fragile cargo gently instead of splashing into the ocean.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser is a lifting-body spaceplane built to land on ordinary runways with a gentle re-entry, but it hasn't yet flown to orbit.
VectorHow Sierra Space's Dream Chaser launches vertically on a rocket and glides home to a runway like an airliner - and why it still hasn't flown.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Dream Chaser, the Lifting Body Lineage, and the Spaceplane That Lands on a Runway Like Something You Actually Fly.
VectorDream Chaser is the first orbital spacecraft designed to land at a conventional airport runway, blurring the line between spaceflight and aviation infrastructure.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane is finally nearing its first orbital flight - a runway-landing cargo vehicle decades in the making.
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