NASA launched a novel new heat shield prototype on a successful test flight Monday (July 23), a mission that sent a high-tech space balloon streaking through Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speeds of ...

A DARPA-funded research project at Massachusetts-based iRobot has developed a series of prototype robots with inflatable parts. The robots, developed with researchers from Carnegie-Mellon University ...

Successful small-scale trials claimed to have increased customer confidence in concept The US Army plans to flight test an inflatable aircraft this year which is ultimately intended to glide ...

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship has successfully docked at the International Space Station delivering vital supplies, scientific experiments and an inflatable room prototype. Launched on Friday (8 April), ...

An artist has decided to come up with a unique project that involves visualizing what life could be like on Mars. The project is called "Building A Martian House" and involves a 53-sqm inflatable ...

When developing new technology, rarely is having it explode a good thing. Unless you’re demonstrating that an inflatable habitat is capable of surviving environments beyond the extremes of space. As ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a new twist on the electric bike that's small enough to carry in a backpack. Called Poimo - short for Portable and Inflatable Mobility - the e-bike was developed by ...

NASA commissions an inflatable compartment for space station. Jan. 17, 2013 — -- NASA, building the International Space Station over the last two decades, ran into ballooning costs. One solution ...

Aninflatable habitat designed for explorers on the moon or Mars is headed for anAntarctic test run, NASA said Wednesday. The habitat– built by ILC Dover and resembling an inflatable backyard bounce ...

Since the 2019 Hymer Vision Venture concept van, inflatable roofs have been slowly creeping into the RV industry. Erwin Hymer integrated them into production soon after that concept, installing ...