Sierra Space completed this test to prepare for Orbital Reef, a private space complex to replace the International Space Station.
. NASA seeks to replace the aging ISS in the 2030s with industry-led private stations, and Orbital Reef is among them.
The recent test was the second in 2022 to explode a Sierra Space module prototype for Orbital Reef, following a similar procedure in July. Simply put, by testing a smaller prototype of the module to its literal limit, engineers can make spaceflight safer for future astronauts. "This second successful UBP test proves we can demonstrate design, manufacturing and assembly repeatability, all of which are keys areas for certification," Shawn Buckley, Sierra Space's LIFE chief engineer and senior director of engineering, said in an e-mailed statement.Artist's illustration of Orbital Reef, a private space station project involving Blue Origin, Sierra Space and a number of other partners.
The Sierra Space team blew up the module on Nov. 15 inside the flame trench of a Saturn 1 and 1B test stand at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, performing the burst test in the same area where NASA tested rockets for theNASA, past spacesuit maker ILC Dover and Sierra Space all worked together on the test. Analysis is ongoing, but early work shows that Sierra Space met its obligations for the test, according to the company.
NASA tasked Sierra Space to blow up two prototype modules, which are smaller than those that will be used on Orbital Reef and had maximum burst pressures of 192 and 204 pounds per square inch , respectively. Both modules easily held up past the safety requirement of 182.4 psi set by NASA in designing Orbital Reef.A look at the crew living area and galley table on the third floor of Sierra Nevada Corp.
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