Bigelow BeginsECLSS Testing To Human-Rate Module

Credit: Bigelow Aerospace
Engineers and a former astronaut have started human-in-the-loop testing of the environmental control and life support system (ECLSS) for Bigelow Aerospace’s Sundancer inflatable orbital module, using a 90-cu.-meter (3,178-cu.-ft.) chamber at the Orbitech facility in Madison, Wis. Initial 8-hr...

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