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. It's inevitable. Testing of ...

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 ...

The deliberate explosion capped a month-long test of a module that is being certified for future space missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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 ...

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 ...