This 37-second time-lapse video shows engineers and technicians from Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems division attaching the wings and tail of the company's Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle at NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center. The crew spent three days preparing the vehicle for ground and free-flight tests, which were scheduled throughout the latter half of 2013. SNC is one of three companies working with NASA to develop space transportation systems capable of flying astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station later this decade.

The work completed at NASA Armstrong will demonstrate the Dream Chaser's ability to safely land an astronaut crew on a runway, similar to the now-retired NASA Space Shuttle fleet.

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Credit: NASA Dryden Video Services

Date: May 2013

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