The launch will be from launch pad SLC-37B. This is likely to be the last ever Delta IV rocket launch. The Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a classified payload for the U.S. January 2024 - United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy, NROL-70 Unlike the two previous missions, IM-3 is not part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third Nova-C lunar lander for Intuitive Machines. The launch will be from launch pad SLC-41.ĭelayed from mid and late 2022, August and December 2023. Unlike the main spacecraft, the cargo module cannot be returned to Earth but is designed to burn up in the atmosphere on re-entry. The Dream Chaser can carry around 2,000 lbs (900 kgs) of cargo and can be fitted with a cargo module called “Shooting Star” with a capacity of a further 10,000 lbs (4,500 kgs). In August 2020, the first prototype was given the name “Tenacity”. Like the space shuttle before it, Dream Chaser can land on a runway after its re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch the first Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser, an unmanned fully autonomous re-usable mini space shuttle on a mission to the International Space Station.
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