Advancing Next-Gen Space Station Technology with Sierra Space & NASA

Advancing Next-Gen Space Station Technology with Sierra Space & NASA

Sierra Space, a leading commercial space-tech company announced today that its expandable space station technology successfully passed a seventh key validation test, and second full-scale structural test at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The results "herald a giant leap towards building the world’s first end-to-end business and technology platform in Low Earth Orbit, enabling humanity to find the answers to some of the toughest problems faced on Earth."

Completion of the successful Ultimate Burst Pressure test, which occurred on June 18, 2024, in collaboration with ILC Dover Astrospace and NASA, accelerates Sierra Space’s revolutionary softgoods technology towards on-orbit operations. Planned for an initial stand-alone pathfinder mission before the end of the decade, the technology will also feature as a key element of the Orbital Reef commercial space station. The test will close out Milestone #8 for Orbital Reef with Blue Origin under NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program. 

Learn more about Sierra Space's Life habitat technology:

https://www.sierraspace.com/commercial-space-stations/life-space-habitat/

For more information about NASA’s commercial low Earth orbit strategy, visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/low-earth-orbit-economy/

Video Credit: Sierra Space

Duration: 6 minutes

Release Date: July 25, 2024

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