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Sierra Space expands spaceplane fleet with in-house mission control

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The inaugural flight of Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been delayed to no earlier than May 2025 .

In the meantime, Sierra Space is moving forward with its second cargo spaceplane, Reverence .

The spaceplane Tenacity will send the spaceplane to the International Space Station atop a rocket.

The company is also working on an array of inflatable habitats and other structures.

Sierra Space is testing the resilience of its habitat material at NASA 's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico .

The company hopes to fabricate larger and larger expandable structures.

A LIFE habitat could offer 5,000 cubic meters of volume by expanding to over 70 feet ( 22 meters ) in length and 62 feet in diameter.

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