![Layoffs Hit Bigelow Aerospace]()
Bigelow Aerospace, a company developing commercial space station modules, has laid off an unspecified number of employees as it shifts from R&D work.
![Spending Bill To Accelerate NASA Habitation Module Work]()
An omnibus spending bill passed by Congress this month directs NASA to accelerate work on a habitation module that could be used for future deep space missions, although how NASA will implement that direction is unclear.
![Space Law 101: Filling the Legal Vacuum]()
Space law expert Joanne Gabrynowicz says the evolution of the field is painstakingly slow, a reality, she says, that makes virtues out of patience and tolerance for ambiguity.
![Bigelow Module Ready To Fly to Space Station]()
A module built by Bigelow Aerospace will join the International Space Station later this year in a test of both the company’s technology and NASA’s use of alternative contracting techniques.
![NASA Urged To Develop Post-International Space Station Strategy]()
Even though the International Space Station appears likely to remain in use well into the next decade, some in the space industry are pressing NASA to start developing a strategy for what comes after the ISS, an approach that may rely heavily on commercial facilities.
![FAA Review a Small Step for Lunar Commercialization Efforts]()
A positive review by the Federal Aviation Administration of a proposed Bigelow Aerospace lunar habitat is seen as a first step towards supporting commercial activities on the moon, but contrary to some reports, that review does not represent a government endorsement of property rights claims there.
![Bigelow Aerospace Begins Hiring Round by Adding Former Astronauts Ham, Zamka]()
Bigelow has hired former NASA astronauts Kenneth Ham and George Zamka to form the cornerstone of the private astronaut corps.
![Sierra Nevada Corp. To Build ISS Berthing Hardware for Bigelow Module]()
Sierra Nevada Space Systems got a nearly $2 million NASA contract from NASA to build the passive common berthing mechanism.
![NASA Banking on Bigelow Study To Break Big Contractor Bias]()
Bigelow Aerospace has produced a report for NASA that shows how the agency could use privately operated space systems beyond low Earth orbit.
![NASA is Taking Bids on Berthing Mechanism for Bigelow Inflatable Module]()
NASA wants a single contractor to build a Passive Common Berthing Mechanism then attach it to the BEAM.
![Spotlight | Bigelow Aerospace]()
Bigelow passed on transportation services and focused on destinations, like his real estate ventures.
![Bigelow’s Fares Show SpaceX Trumps Boeing on Price]()
Price difference may foreshadow what NASA would be charged to fly astronauts to the ISS.
Obama signed into law a disaster relief bill that will deliver $15 million to NASA to repair facilities.
![Inflatable Bigelow Module To Fly to Space Station in 2015]()
NASA has agreed to buy a Bigelow Aerospace expandable habitat and attach it to the ISS.
![New NASA, Bigelow Deal Puts Inflatable Module Closer to Orbit]()
NASA and Bigelow Aerospace have reached an agreement that could pave the way for attaching a Bigelow-built inflatable space habitat to the international space station.
![Bigelow Ends Employee Furloughs, Resumes Limited Hiring]()
Bigelow Aerospace, the North Las Vegas, Nev., developer of inflatable space habitats that laid off almost half its employees in September, is ending a “furlough Friday” policy it had instituted for the remaining work force and is looking to do some hiring, according to a company official.
It looks like the commercial crew capsule that Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace are developing with a little NASA seed money finally has a name: the CST-100.
![Bigelow Eyes Canadian Business [Winnipeg Free Press]]()
Bigelow Aerospace, which hopes to deploy an inflatable habitation module on orbit in the coming years, views the Canadian government as a potential customer, according to an article that appeared in the Winnepeg Free Press.
![Bigelow Aerospace Cuts Work Force Almost by Half]()
WASHINGTON and LONG BEACH, Calif. — Bigelow Aerospace, which is developing inflatable space habitats for commercial use, laid off some 40 of its 90 employees Sept. 29, a company official confirmed.
Bigelow Aerospace completed an initial closed-loop test in March of a prototype environmental control and life support (ECLS) system designed to support extended crew stays inside the inflatable habitats the company is building to provide research facilities and hotel accommodations in space.
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