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Sierra Space is an American aerospace company that specializes in the development of commercial spaceflight technology and infrastructure. It is a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation and plays a significant role in the growing private space industry. Sierra Space is best known for its Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable spaceplane designed to transport cargo and eventually crew to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The Dream Chaser, with its unique lifting-body design, allows for runway landings, much like the NASA Space Shuttle. Beyond the Dream Chaser, Sierra Space is involved in developing space habitats and large-scale infrastructure for future space stations and lunar bases, contributing to the broader vision of enabling permanent human presence and commercial activity in space.