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American space technology company
Bigelow Aerospace
Company type
Private
Industry
Aerospace
Founded
1998; 26 years ago (1998)[1]
Founder
Robert Bigelow (Founder and President)
Defunct
2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Headquarters
North Las Vegas, Nevada
,
United States
Key people
Robert Bigelow, Blair Bigelow [2]
Products
Orbital facilities, commercial space stations
Number of employees
Unknown
Website
bigelowaerospace.com
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Bigelow Aerospace was an American space design and manufacturing company which closed its doors in 2020. It was an aeronautics and outer space technology company which manufactured and developed expandable space station modules. Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998, and was based in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It was funded in large part by the profit Bigelow gained through his ownership of the hotel chain, Budget Suites of America.[3]
The company built two unmanned free-flying prototypes that flew in 2006 and 2007 and a module attached to the International Space Station. Bigelow Aerospace announced in 2010 that they intended to create a modular set of space habitats for creating or expanding space stations.[4] By 2013, Bigelow had invested US$250 million in the company.[5] Bigelow stated on a number of occasions that he was prepared to fund Bigelow Aerospace with about US$500 million through 2015 in order to achieve launch of full-scale hardware.[3][6]
In March 2020, the company laid off all 88 of its employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] As of January 2024[update] the company remains dormant and is currently considered defunct.
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^ abCovault, Craig (27 September 2004). "Bigelow's Gamble". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Retrieved 17 February 2010 – via Spaceflight Now.
^"Bigelow still thinks big". The Space Review. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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^Little, Geoffrey (1 January 2008). "Mr. B's Big Plan". Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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