Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! SNC and UN announce dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser space missionby Staff WritersSparks NV (SPX) Sep 30, 2016 Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Sierra Nevada Corporation and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and have announced details of the first-ever United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in Guadalajara, Mexico. The dedicated Dream Chaser Mission is targeted at providing developing countries the opportunity to develop and fly microgravity payloads for an extended duration in orbit; however, all United Nations Member States will be able to propose payloads for the mission. Innovating for Positive Impact"At SNC our goal is to pay it forward," said Eren Ozmen, SNC's owner and president. "That means leveraging the creation and success of our Dream Chaser spacecraft to benefit future generations of innovators like us all around the world." This announcement builds on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in June 2016 between UNOOSA and SNC to collaborate on this historic United Nations space mission. The first-ever United Nations space mission is intended to launch in 2021 and will allow United Nations Member States to participate in a 14-day flight to low-Earth orbit (LEO) on SNC's Dream Chaser spacecraft. MORE................. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/S...d_Nations_Dream_Chaser_space_mission_999.html
