News Summary

• Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane will debut in a free-flying demonstration in late 2026, and will not dock with the station.
• NASA said it will provide “minimal support” for that test, and only afterward decide whether to order ISS resupply missions at all.
• With that guaranteed income gone, Sierra Space now faces the challenge of repositioning itself as a dual-use platform useful to commercial space stations or defense customers.
• The ISS is slated for deorbit around 2030, which leaves Dream Chaser just a few short years to demonstrate cargo delivery in orbit.