Sierra Space Selects Logistics Facility for Dream Chaser Spaceplane

Early next year, the crew is scheduled to begin work at the half-million-square-foot spacecraft processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that will prepare Sierra Space’s unmanned Dream Chaser spaceplane before and after launch to orbit.

All Points Logistics, a Merritt Island-based company, announced its partnership with Sierra Space to handle Dream Chaser pre-launch payload integration, checkout operations, launch vehicle integration and other ground services.

All Points hopes to build and open the 150-foot-tall spacecraft complex in 2026 on 60 acres south of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

“It is widely known that the current infrastructure at most U.S. spaceports is insufficient to handle the upcoming demand and pace of launches,” said Kevin Brown, senior vice president of business development at All Points Logistics.

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“Spacecraft are changing,” Brown said. “They are smaller and use different technologies that require different types of testing before launch. The infrastructure we are building provides spacecraft owners and operators with a last chance to make sure their spacecraft will work before they launch into space.”