Orbital Space Mission
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is partnering with Sierra Space offer United Nations Member States the opportunity to participate in an orbital space mission utilizing Sierra Space's Dream Chaser ® spaceplane. The mission will be open to all Member States of the United Nations, and developing countries are particularly encouraged to participate. The mission will carry experiments, payloads, or satellites provided by institutions in the participating countries.
Call for Interest: Landing Site
A Call for Interest was open from October 2019 until 30 April 2020. This call is now closed. Although the form is available hereafter as it contains technical details.
- Call for Interest on the Landing Site for the Orbital Mission (UPDATE 20 November 2019: REVISED VERSION AVAILABLE - Hangar door dimensions updated)
Technical Briefing
A briefing on the technical capabilities of the Dream Chaser has been held on 10 January 2018 at the United Nations Office in Vienna. The agenda of the meeting and voice recording are available hereafter
Meeting Agenda
- 10:00 Welcome to participants and scope of the briefing: Presentation
- 10:05 Dream Chaser Overview: Presentation | Video | Audio File
- 10:30 Technical Briefing
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- Mission Overview: Presentation | Audio File
- Capabilities of the Dream Chaser. Payload Requirements and Constraints: Presentation Payloads Supported | Presentation Payload Interfaces | Audio File
- 12:00 Path Forward: Presentation | Audio File
- 12:30 Question and Answers Session: Audio File
- 13:30 Lunch Break
- 14:30 Questions and Answers Session Continuation: Audio File
- 16:30 End of the briefing