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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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to add one of its expandable modules to the International Space Station. The plan is to demonstrate the inflatable ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A prototype of an inflatable space station module successfully expanded and deployed its solar panels after being launched into orbit, developer Bigelow Aerospace said. A Russian ...

Inflatable space habitats may sound like the stuff of science fiction to some, but such a contraption actually already exists in the form of a one-room module currently attached to the International ...

NASA is considering attaching a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable module to the International Space Station, in a return to a concept the agency had more than a decade ago. In 1997 the US space agency ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com NASA and Bigelow Aerospace have reached an agreement that could pave the way for attaching a Bigelow-built inflatable space ...

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka floated into the International Space Station's newest habitat Monday, possibly paving the way for private space stations in the years ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2006--Houston-based Kinesix Software has sold multiple licenses of its KX EDGE Development Suite to Bigelow Aerospace -- the much-watched Nevada company that is ...

The workhorse of the space program for decades — the aging US space shuttle — has a cargo bay that measures 15 feet by 59 feet. It can launch the equivalent of six large SUVs 1,000 miles up into lower ...

The Bigelow Aerospace project to privately develop inflatable Earth-orbit space modules is beginning to integrate diverse U.S. and European technologies into subscale and full-scale inflatable test ...

This animated image shows four ways BEAM may expand in orbit once it has been attached to the International Space Station. This infographic gives facts about the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, ...