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Bigelow, ULA Teaming To Deliver Habitats To LEO

Bigelow, ULA Teaming To Deliver Habitats To LEO
Bigelow Aerospace founder Bob Bigelow discusses his B330 habitable vehicle the company is developing with United Launch Alliance (ULA). Photo: Defense Daily.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are teaming to deliver habitable vehicles to low earth orbit (LEO) as soon as 2020, the companies announced here Monday at the 32nd Space Symposium.The companies provided few details as Bigelow Aerospace founder Bob Bigelow called it a work in progress. The companies did say the volumes will be based on Bigelow's B330 expandable module, which is much larger than the company's Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) that just arrived at the…

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