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 ...

is a reporter who writes about AI. She also covers the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. Sierra Space blew up its inflatable space habitat to test how much pressure it can ...

Sierra Space has successfully completed an ultimate burst pressure (UBP) test of a full-size inflatable space station module, rupturing the 300-m 3 (3,230-ft. 2) structure at 77 psi—well above NASA’s ...

Following a successful inflatable habitat burst test in December 2022, Lockheed Martin conducted another subscale burst test on June 14 in Colorado—and like the first time, it went off with a bang!

With their miniature Space Shuttle replacement Dream Chaser due to launch this April, Sierra Space is one of the busiest private spaceflight firms in North America right now. But with Tenacity nearing ...

A 300-cubic-meter inflatable module exceeded NASA safety margins by more than 20% in a recent burst test. Credit: Sierra Space LONDON — Sierra Space has completed a second full-scale burst test of an ...