The few space stations humanity deployed into Earth orbit over the past few decades have all been made from the ground up as full-scale structures. That means their elements have been transported in ...

Witnessing an explosion involving a carefully constructed piece of space kit doesn’t seem like a good thing, but engineers at Sierra Space was entirely happy to see the LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible ...

When developing new technology, rarely is having it explode a good thing. Unless you’re demonstrating that an inflatable habitat is capable of surviving environments beyond the extremes of space. As ...

Watch Sierra Space’s inflatable space habitat undergo its second ‘ultimate burst pressure’ test. Watch Sierra Space’s inflatable space habitat undergo its second ‘ultimate burst pressure’ test. NASA ...

Sierra Space blew up its inflatable space habitat to test how much pressure it can handle. Dubbed LIFE, for Large Integrated Flexible Environment, it consists of “softgoods,” or woven fabrics that act ...

A team of scientists in China has completed ground tests of an inflatable, reconfigurable space station module that could enable large-scale industrial production in orbit. The new module features an ...

Inflatable space habitats are reportedly the next biggest venture by startup Max Space, hoping to make the Moon and Mars habitable for humanity. Max Space's habitats are reportedly the largest modules ...

Sierra Space successfully completed a burst test of its full-scale LIFE inflatable space station at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The violent burst only occurred after LIFE (Large Inflatable ...

For its first act, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser, the world’s first winged commercial space plane, is targeting a September launch to ferry cargo to the ISS as part of the company’s $3 billion contract ...

The IMCAS test team for the reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform. Credit: IMCAS HELSINKI — A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a ...