Overview
- Dana Weigel indicated that critical integrated safety assessments remain unfinished and that final software certifications are still pending.
- Sierra Space has begun revising its project schedule as it incorporates safety review outcomes and prepares for remaining qualification steps.
- United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur launcher suffered an October 2024 booster anomaly and is still awaiting U.S. Space Force certification.
- The Tenacity spaceplane has completed extensive environmental testing at NASA’s Armstrong and Kennedy centers, including extreme vibration and thermal-vacuum trials.
- Dream Chaser features foldable wings for runway landings and a detachable Shooting Star module carrying up to 7,000 pounds of cargo and reentry waste disposal.