Bigelow Aerospace

We design, test and manufacture expandable space stations.

[Bigelow Aerospace @BigelowSpace]

Bigelow ground units: too many and too large to move to a @NASA facility.

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

.@BigelowSpace #BEAM and @SpaceX #Dragon work today as the crew researched space genetics. The station will lift its orbit tonight too. Read more... https://t.co/hVVYgewqXZ

[European Space Agency @esa]

📷 This awesome photo was taken during last Friday's #AllWomanSpacewalk. It shows the #ESA/#NASA #Node-3 built by @Thales_Alenia_S. The @BigelowSpace expandable module and @roscosmos #Progress supply ship can be seen over a sunset/sunrise on Earth, see https://t.co/nBQ7dhvr9F

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Our small contribution

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Per the Air Force, there was no collision between Genesis II and Cosmos 1300.

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Today, we were notified by the US Air Force that there is a 5.6% chance that Genesis II will collide with dead Russian satellite Cosmos 1300 in 15 hours. Although this is a relatively low probability, it brings to light that low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly more littered.

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Genesis I & II EOL decommissioning plan is to burn up on re-entry into the atmosphere. This situation is one example why what is launched into space is so important to our space future.

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@ChrisG_NSF Anything we launch from here on out will have prop. capability. B330 has two dissimilar propulsion units, more than capable of performing end of life maneuvers. Destinations are not the future worry. They will be few and far between compared to the number of satellites.

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It has been a pleasure to host @NASA for the ground test of the Mars Transporter Testing Unit (B330).

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Robert Bigelow also had his granddaughter’s name, Blair, stitched into the outside of the Genesis II spacecraft.

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...All of our customers received photos of their items in space. We used an acrylic box to enclose items that could be harmful to the interior of our hull.

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Have you heard of our Fly Your Stuff program? If you happened to look at our website in early 2007, you may know that for $295 you could ship us almost anything to fly on-board Genesis II. We received all kinds of memorabilia and personal treasures from ashes to wedding rings...

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Using a projector and camera attached to a solar array, we were able to project and capture all of our employees' photos on the side of our spacecraft for the galaxy to see.

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This week marks the 12th anniversary of the launch of our second spacecraft, Genesis II. One of the most noteworthy features of Genesis II was that it had the first and only orbital billboard.

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[NASA @NASA]

We're saddened by the passing of Chris Kraft, our first flight director. He was a space legend who created the concept of Mission Control during the early human spaceflight program and made it an integral part of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. He was 95.

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How a #B330 could be turned into a lunar base (First Base).