First Bigelow Test Module Passes 10,000 Orbits

While engineers at Bigelow Aerospace work toward the planned 2010 launch of the company’s Sundancer commercial human orbital habitat, Bigelow’s Genesis I testbed has racked up more than 10,000 orbits. Launched on July 12, 2006, Genesis I is a one-third-scale prototype of a commercial habitat...

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