Dream Chaser's FAA re-entry license for a Vandenberg return
Where it stands: The FAA has licensed Sierra Space's Dream Chaser to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and come back to Vandenberg Space Force Base. The license covers only the return: the craft must still launch first, and no launch date or mission details are known. What to watch next is whether, and when, a launch is actually scheduled.
2026-10-30 — The FAA has issued a re-entry license for Sierra Space's Dream Chaser, authorizing a return from Earth orbit to Vandenberg Space Force Base (relay by Ryan Caton via NASASpaceflight — x.com/NASASpaceflight). The relay notes the license covers re-entry only: Dream Chaser must still launch first, and when (or if) that happens is "a very open question." No launch date, vehicle or mission profile in the available material.