{"id":183588,"date":"2024-02-25T11:25:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/spaceplane-spectacle-dream-chaser-endures-nasas-ultimate-trial"},"modified":"2024-02-25T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:25:51","slug":"spaceplane-spectacle-dream-chaser-endures-nasas-ultimate-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/spaceplane-spectacle-dream-chaser-endures-nasas-ultimate-trial","title":{"rendered":"Spaceplane Spectacle: Dream Chaser Endures NASA\u2019s Ultimate Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySfxBPcTx8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dream Chaser spaceplane, developed by Sierra Space and undergoing testing at NASA \u2019s Armstrong Test Facility, is set for its first demonstration flight to the ISS. This marks a significant step in the commercial resupply program and underscores the ongoing space industrial revolution, aimed at enhancing human life on Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nose-up and bathed in soft blue lights, Sierra Space\u2019s Dream Chaser spaceplane and its Shooting Star cargo module cast dramatic shadows onto the walls of NASA\u2019s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, as members of the media got their first glimpse of the towering 55-foot-tall stack on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>The spaceplane and its cargo module are undergoing testing at the facility to prepare for the extreme environment of space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dream Chaser spaceplane, developed by Sierra Space and undergoing testing at NASA \u2019s Armstrong Test Facility, is set for its first demonstration flight to the ISS. This marks a significant step in the commercial resupply program and underscores the ongoing space industrial revolution, aimed at enhancing human life on Earth. Nose-up and bathed in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}