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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: Triple7 on October 30, 2013, 07:36:18 AM
The first test flight of a prototype space plane has been hailed a success - despite it skidding off the runway on landing.
Dream Chaser Space Taxi The Dream Chaser after Saturday's test flight
Everything was going smoothly for Sierra Nevada Corp's Dream Chaser until one of its wheels failed to drop down on landing.
It is one of three space taxis under development in partnership with Nasa to fly astronauts to the International Space Station following the retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2011.
http://news.sky.com/story/1161393/dream-chaser-landing-glitch-fails-to-halt-plans
Interesting,
Tim