Sierra Space Successfully Completes Second Burst Test for Orbital Reef Module

The inflatable habitat exceeded NASA's safety requirements, marking a key milestone for future commercial space stations.

The LIFE habitat structure reached 74 psi, surpassing NASA's required 60.8 psi safety margin by over 20%.
The test provides critical data for NASA's certification of inflatable softgoods materials.
The module's volume is one-third that of the International Space Station and can be launched in a single rocket.
Sierra Space aims to test a larger 500-cubic-meter module next year.
The Orbital Reef project is a collaboration between Blue Origin and Sierra Space, supported by NASA's Commercial Earth Orbit Development Program.