Watch Sierra Space destroy its inflatable space station — again
Witnessing an explosion involving a carefully constructed piece of space kit doesn’t seem like a good thing, but engineers at Sierra Space was entirely happy to see the LIFE (Large…
Space Company Aims to Deliver Critical Supplies to Any Location in 90 Minutes
Back in the 1980s, FedEx had a great tagline: “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” Well, in situations like ground conflicts and disaster scenarios, that’s not good…
Sierra Space Built an Inflatable Space Module the Size of a House, Then Blew It Up
You can’t fly an inflatable module to space without bursting a few on Earth. Sierra Space watched its giant, 20-foot tall space station module explode in dramatic fashion, but the…
Watch Sierra Space blow up its LIFE habitat in dramatic pressure test
The moment that Sierra Space’s LIFE module explodes. Sierra Space With the aging International Space Station (ISS) facing a fiery end in about seven years from now, attention has been…
World’s First Commercial Spaceplane Faces Crucial Test at NASA
Dream Chaser, built by Sierra Space, is being prepped for transport to a NASA facility in Ohio, where it will undergo a series of tests to make sure the spaceplane…
NASA’s Partners Are Complicating Plans to Build ISS Replacement
NASA’s plans to retire the International Space Station and replace it with commercial projects are not kaput, they’re just changing. Wrinkles are now appearing in Blue Origin’s plans for Orbital…
Blue Origin and Sierra Space’s Space Station Collaboration Hits Turbulence
Once among the star companies championing a deal to create a private successor to the International Space Station, talks between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Sierra Space regarding the Orbital…
Blue Origin wants to build a space station for ‘exotic hospitality’
Not content with 10-minute tourism rides to the edge of space, Jeff Bezos now wants to take a giant leap all of his own and build an orbital space station.