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Need specification

Could we add spec/details of DC01 Tenacity etc eg dimensions, masses, propulsion types ? Will it be within a payload fairing for uncrewed Vulcan Centaur launch ? SNC_Demo-1 says it will fly with the Shooting Star (spacecraft) - Rod57 (talk) 15:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Certified landing sites

Where the shuttle is able to land would be relevant ? "The agreement added the world-class New Mexico spaceport to Sierra Space’s portfolio of potential global landing sites for its Dream Chaser. Spaceport America, located in southern New Mexico, is the most recent addition to a growing list of compatible runways worldwide where the Dream Chaser could land, including the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and airports and landing sites in Huntsville, Alabama, Oita Airport, Japan, and Spaceport Cornwall in the United Kingdom." https://thespacebucket.com/is-dream-chaser-tenacity-on-track-to-launch-in-2023 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dulliman (talk • contribs) 15:34, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Use of "Maiden" for initial flight.

To avoid unneeded gendered language initial flights of spacecraft, rockets, and airplanes should be referred to as "initial" flights and not "maiden" flights. 161.149.102.22 (talk) 22:09, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

According to whom? BilCat (talk) 22:42, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Updating Dreamchaser pictures

So the Dreamchaser model that is the main image is a decade old, outdated prototype. The picture should be replaced by a picture of the newer Dreamchaser DC-100 design, as seen in this press release. https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-introduces-dream-chaser-spaceplane-tenacity/

There are also new designs of DC-201, the crewed variant. Mtol199 (talk) 23:39, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Corporate ownership needs explanation - or older content moved to History section

We need to clarify the corporate naming used in the article. The lead paragraph correctly notes that the Dream Chaser is now being developed by Sierra Space, but then throughout the article there are references to “SNC”, “SNC Space Systems”, and Sierra Nevada. This is all because Sierra Space was spun out of Sierra Nevada in April 2021 as an independent company.

It may make more sense to move all the pre-2021 info into the “Program History” section and refocus the main part of the article on the current plans. This would help make the article more readable overall. - Dyork (talk) 11:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Structure and Format of Article

I just did some changes and tried to improve the "Spacecraft" section. I wrote a new first paragraph for the section and moved information about spacecraft Dream Chase is derived from to the "History" section. I also moved multiple sections about crew and cargo variants to a new section titled "Variants".

I hope people like these changes. I thought they made the most sense. I think this article should be structured after the Dragon 1 page, because I think that's a very functional page that is about something very similar to this page. This article has a few issues and hasn't received much attention. We should try to improve it before Dream Chaser's maiden flight.

Nrl103 (talk) 23:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

USA Today article in Feb 2024 about Dream Chaser

If it is helpful to any editors as a reliable source, USA Today published a longer article in February 2024 about Dream Chaser: Ready for the runway: Dream Chaser spaceplane prepares for first trip to ISS. - Dyork (talk) 18:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Launch will likely slip to 2025

read Orlando Sentinal , 26 June, "Dream Chaser dropped from next Vulcan launch as ULA targets national security certification" says launch will likely slip to 2025. Sudzydoogiedawg (talk) 09:24, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change of manned Dream Chaser from lifting body design.

It appears from the artwork that Sierra Space has posted on its manned Dream Chaser 201 design that it has switched the design from the lifting body form that SNC worked on throughout its funded participation in NASA’s commercial crew program, to a form resembling the X-37b spaceplane, with a conventional fuselage and small wings. It also appears from the artwork that the design places the crew in a compartment in the middle of the spacecraft, rather than upfront with a cockpit. 2A01:6500:A102:8106:D006:182:28F:AAB0 (talk) 19:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shooting Star

The link on "Shooting Star" in the section "Shooting Star module" is set on exactly this section - seems a little bit redundant to me. 178.165.165.203 (talk) 14:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]