There's pressure and then there's overpressure. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lockheed Martin has been blowing up its ...

Sierra Space completed this test to prepare for Orbital Reef, a private space complex to replace the International Space Station. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

The grey side of a metal test stand curves upward like a stunted elbow from the bottom right. Its the profile of what's left of the historic Titan rocket's test stand. In the image's center, a cloud ...

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 ...

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.

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!

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 ...