Max Space is designing expandable modules that it believes can be made larger and less expensively than alternatives. Credit: Max Space COLORADO SPRINGS — A startup has unveiled plans to develop ...

Max Space says its inflatable architecture can be easily scaled to larger sizes. Credit: Max Space COLORADO SPRINGS—Startup Max Space has manifested an inflatable space station module on a SpaceX ...

The company conducted a spectacular burst test on a full-scale LIFE module to assess the strength of its pressure shell. Reading time 2 minutes You can’t fly an inflatable module to space without ...

Sierra Space has completed a key test of its inflatable space habitat, as the company progresses toward launching and operating a private space station with Blue Origin before the end of the decade.

Sierra Space’s Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) module is the size of a house and made from ultra-strong synthetic fiber. By Andrew Paul Published Jan 23, 2024 11:22 AM EST Add Popular ...

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 ...

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 ...

That's one big bang for space station safety. Sierra Space deliberately blew up its first full-scale space station module prototype recently to get ready for future space missions that could take ...

Sierra Space has completed a key test of its inflatable space habitat, as the company progresses toward launching and operating a private space station with Blue Origin before the end of the decade.