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!

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run through an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test within a ...

The pressure was so high, it lofted the entire test stand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...

NASA's LOFTID technology demonstration will inflate a heat shield six meters across and then deploy it from a Centaur upper stage for a reentry test. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A payload hitching a ...

When you think of the blistering, brutal re-entry temperatures generated by plowing through Earth’s atmosphere, using fabric doesn’t come quickly to mind. But NASA is set to try some fabric out this ...

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is set to test new technology developed at Langley Research Center in Hampton that aims to make a key aspect of space travel easier. On November 1, the space agency plans to launch ...

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is set to test new technology developed at Langley Research Center in Hampton that aims to make a key aspect of space travel easier. On November 1, the space agency plans to launch ...

A new era for living in space may be about to start. A prototype habitat is headed to the International Space Station for a two-year trial. What makes the module unique is it's launched folded up, and ...

Space agency NASA has tested a new way of landing on Mars that could make future missions to the red planet and beyond both possible and affordable. The 20-feet diameter inflatable heat shield, which ...