3 companies named to fly cargo runs to the Space Station for NASA

After losing a bid to SpaceX and Boeing to taxi astronauts to the International Space Station, Sierra Nevada’s miniature space shuttle Dream Chaser will have a new mission — flying cargo for NASA. “It’s pretty emotional. We’ve been chasing this for a long time,” corporate vice president Mark Sirangelo, head of Sierra Nevada’s Space Systems, told Discovery News. SEE ALSO: PHOTOS: International space station: 15 years living off earth The space agency also re-hired SpaceX and Orbital...