Private Space Habitat to Launch in 2020 Under Commercial Spaceflight Deal

Bigelow Aerospace will loft its giant, expandable B330 modules — each of which will provide one-third as much usable volume as the entire International Space Station (ISS) — aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rockets, representatives from both companies announced today (April 11). The agreement marks the first commercial partnership between a launch provider and a space-habitat provider, ULA representatives said. The first B330 would ideally be attached to the ISS,