NASA said the LOFTID test of an inflatable heat shield, seen here after recovery form the Pacific, was a success. Credit: NASA/Greg Swanson WASHINGTON — The success of a NASA project last year to ...

Future commercial astronaut missions to low-Earth orbit could be calling a modular, inflatable space station home. Yes, you read that right. Typically, when you think about things that are inflatable ...

This story was updated at 11:04 a.m. EDT. NASA launched a novel new heat shield prototype on a successful test flight Monday (July 23), a mission that sent a high-tech space balloon streaking through ...

A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run through an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test within a ...

That's now five space station prototypes blown up for science's sake. The Colorado company Sierra Space, which is creating an inflatable module for an International Space Station (ISS) successor, ...

NASA has successfully flown an inflatable heat shield down through Earth’s atmosphere, in a technology demonstration that could one day help safely land spacecraft on the surface of Mars and beyond.

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More When the word “inflatable” comes to mind, I doubt I’m alone in ...