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  • Bigelow's Second Orbital Module Launches Into Space

    06/28/2007 10:25:33 AM PDT · by Freeport · 19 replies · 649+ views
    www.space.com ^ | 28 June 2007 | Tariq Malik and Leonard David
    A privately-built space station prototype launched into orbit atop a Dnepr rocket Thursday from a Russian missile base, SPACE.com has learned. The space shot kicks off the second test flight for the U.S. firm Bigelow Aerospace. Genesis 2, an inflatable module laden with cameras, personal items and a Space Bingo game, rocketed spaceward from a silo at Yasny Launch Base, an active Russian strategic missile base in the country's Orenburg region. The spacecraft is a near-twin of Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis 1 module, which launched in July 2006 and remains operational today, but carries a series of enhancements and additional cargo,...
  • Progress Made on Inflatable Private Space Module

    03/08/2005 6:17:08 PM PST · by KevinDavis · 20 replies · 465+ views
    space.com ^ | 03/08/05 | Leonard David
    Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has been making quiet inroads into the development of Earth orbiting inflatable modules. The privately built and financed habitable structures would be available for research, manufacturing, and other uses, including lodging for future space tourists. Bigelow Aerospace of North Las Vegas, Nevada is eying launch early next year of Genesis Pathfinder spacecraft – a shakeout of systems to be used on a full-scale inflatable space structure dubbed the Nautilus, and now referred to as the BA-330.