NASA's commercial crew development program will be funding multiple companies who can create a new space shuttle that can carry people and supplies into orbit. The Sierra Nevada Corporation has received the most money from NASA, $20 million to build the Dream Chaser. The Dream Chaser will hold eight people and be able to transport them into "low-earth orbit" which is where the space station is located, it will also be able to land on airport runways. Its carbon fiber body and design will allow for less intense exposure of the passengers and equipment to gravitational force. If the company continues to accomplish their goals for the Dream Chaser, it will be launched into orbit in 2014. It will be launched by the Atlas-V, a launch booster made by the United Launch alliance company.
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