The next generation of space stations will not be assembled piece by piece like orbital Lego sets. Instead, companies are ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> A 19-foot tall inflatable Earth globe is making a world of difference for kids at Division Street Elementary School. The full-color educational tool, made with 2,000 ...

The Earth Dome offered students at Norman Miller Elementary School, 130 Jackson St. in Cement City, an opportunity to learn about the continents, oceans, time zones, geology and other features of our ...

The Bigelow Aerospace project to privately develop inflatable Earth-orbit space modules is beginning to integrate diverse U.S. and European technologies into subscale and full-scale inflatable test ...

A test of an inflatable Earth orbiting module is slated for liftoff early next year, bankrolled by a go-it-alone, do-it-yourself entrepreneur keen on providing commercial space habitats for research ...

The latest SpaceX launch ferried not just supplies for the ISS, but also an inflatable module designed to add a small living room on the space station. That module was made by Bigelow Aerospace, which ...

Antenna that packs down into a small space. (Courtesy: Alessandra Babuscia) A new type of inflatable antenna has been designed for CubeSats – the miniaturized spacecraft that have reduced the cost of ...

NASA will be launching a 20-foot-diameter blow-up heat shield into orbit this week — and then letting it fall back to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean — in a test that could help humans land ...

Take a look at this incredible Earth artwork! Created by artist Luke Jerram, the huge installation has allowed people to see our planet from the viewpoint of space. It took around six months to ...