NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks with Bigelow Aerospace President Robert Bigelow prior to touring their facilities on Feb. 4, 2011 in Las Vegas. NASA has been discussing potential ...

The next generation of space stations will not be assembled piece by piece like orbital Lego sets. Instead, companies are racing to launch compact capsules that unfurl into vast habitats once they ...

Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room. The technology demo is meant to pave the way for moon bases and Mars expeditions, as well as orbiting outposts catering to scientists ...

The IMCAS test team for the reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform. Credit: IMCAS HELSINKI — A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a ...

Private companies have proposed a new generation of space destinations that go far beyond a brief rocket ride, including orbiting hotels, inflatable habitats, research stations, lunar bases, Mars ...

NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which is scheduled to arrive at the space station in 2015 for a two-year ...