Engineers intentionally blew up a full-scale prototype of an inflatable space module that could be used in future missions. Watch the big bang unfold here. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

China launched its third and final module Monday in its effort to complete its permanent space station as competition with the United States continues to intensify. Mengtian was launched into space ...

The third and final module for China’s space station has been filled with propellant in preparation for its journey to orbit later this month. The Mengtian experiment module arrived at the Wenchang ...

A legacy of European-built and operated space modules, which began in Earth orbit and is now heading for the moon, got its start 40 years ago this week. From the first launch of Spacelab, a ...

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 ...

Space startup Sierra Space has blown up its third inflatable space station module at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, a violent event caught in an epic slow-motion video. The goal was ...

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 successfully finished its third module test for the Blue Origin-led Orbital Reef private space complex for NASA, on the long road to replace the International Space Station. When you ...

Gravitics, which is developing commercial space station modules, won a SpaceWERX SBIR contract to apply those technologies to tactically responsive space. Credit: Gravitics WASHINGTON — Gravitics, a ...

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 ...

Two NASA astronauts have been stuck on the International Space Station due to Boeing Starliner delays. Butch Wilmore has been camping in a sleeping bag in the Japanese Space Agency's module, Time ...

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 Get the Popular ...