Sierra Space Enters The Big Leagues

Ghost payload decelerator

Ghost is a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during reentry. 

Credit: Sierra Space
Just three years after spinning off from Sierra Nevada, Colorado-based Sierra Space has become a full-fledged defense prime, with its national security space business surging and Dream Chaser spaceplane set for flight. CEO Tom Vice talks to Guy Norris about the company’s growth plans. AW&ST: How did...

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