Boom! Sierra Space inflatable habitat and building housing it blown up in 'creep' test

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run through an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test within a NASA-designed disposable building in Feb. 2023. The testing has demonstrated that the “pressure shell design has a predicted life of far greater than 60 years,” according to Sierra Space. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Sierra Space | edited by [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)