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Jeff Bezos Wants to Build Giant Factories in Space to save the Earth

Posted in Science on 3rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Bezos announced that Blue Origin will put $200 million into a new rocket assembly facility and launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Inflatable module pops to full size on ISS

Posted in Science on 29th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) aboard the ISS has successfully been inflated on the second try.

Flexi-space room expansion suspended

Posted in Science on 27th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The deployment of a new, expandable "room" on the International Space Station was suspended on Thursday when it failed to open up as expected.

First expandable habitat installed on ISS

Posted in Science on 18th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The ISS received an exciting renovation today as the experimental Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was successfully attached to the Tranquility module.

ULA and Bigelow announce partnership for first commercial space stations

Posted in Hardware on 12th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The agreement unveiled on Monday will see Bigelow deliver two fully functional B330 modules to ULA for notional launches in 2020.