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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Will This Spaceship Replace the Shuttle?

Dream Chaser

An artist's interpretation of the Dream Chaser vehicle after spacecraft separation.

The next-generation spaceship chosen to fly American astronauts into orbit and back may look a lot like NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttle — and it even has NASA roots, too.

The Dream Chaser space plane, a private spaceship under development by the firm Sierra Nevada Corp., is in the running to provide orbital taxi services to NASA for trips to the International Space Station.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/07/will-this-spaceship-replace-shuttle/#ixzz1RSDpU772

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