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Edwards, Calif. – ED-0155-12 - Steve Lindsey, Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, director of flight operations and former space shuttle astronaut, right, talks to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, and agency Dryden Flight Research Center Deputy Director Patrick Stoliker about the company's Dream Chaser flight test vehicle. It will undergo ground and approach-and-landing flight tests at Dryden in the coming months as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, or CCP, development work. SNC is one of three companies working with CCP during the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, initiative, which is intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov_commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA_Tom Tschida