One small step for an inflatable satellite, one giant leap for commercial space travel took place this week as Genesis 1 launched from Russia and began orbiting the Earth. The experimental craft, ...
An inflatable, expendable single-stage launch vehicle able to place 150kg (330lb) into low Earth orbit is being studied by University of Stuttgart’s flight dynamics institute and its spin-off controls ...
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 ...