LOUISVILLE, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 25, 2024–
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space-tech company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth ®, 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.
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Sierra Space team members Shawn Buckley (L) and Gerard Valle (R) stand high atop the company’s second full-scale test article on June 18, 2024, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. (Photo Credit: Andrew Hughes/Sierra Space)
Completion of the successful Ultimate Burst Pressure test, which occurred on June 18 in collaboration with ILC Dover (an Ingersoll Rand Business) 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. Please view video of the burst test here .