Sierra Nevada Corporation developed a prototype for an inflatable space habitat that could one day house astronauts in lunar orbit or during a trip to Mars.
Sierra Nevada Corporation is one of the private-sector companies trying to help NASA get people back to the moon." at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Sierra Nevada hopes NASA will use the habitat in its new Artemis program, which will lead the U.S. back to the moon and, eventually, Mars.
Sierra Nevada's habitat is competing with prototypes from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Bigelow Aerospace — plus a concept from NanoRacks.Watch the video above to learn more about the habitat and NASA's deep space ambitions.
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