Sierra Space Inflatable Habitat And Building Housing It Blew Up In 'Creep Space' Test

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run through an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test within a NASA-designed disposable building. The testing has demonstrated that the “pressure shell design has a predicted life of far greater than 60 years,” according to Sierra Space.

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Sierra Space | edited by Steve Spaleta