THE first-ever prototype of an orbiting hotel blew itself up in space on 12 July. Don’t worry though: the test version of the inflatable space hotel expanded and filled with air as planned.
Genesis I was launched by the Russian Dnepr rocket, a converted intercontinental ballistic missile, from Yasny, Russia. According to its makers, Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, Nevada, the rocket “flawlessly delivered Genesis I into the target orbit”.
“Once the craft reached orbit 550 kilometres above Earth it successfully inflated”
Transmissions from the craft confirmed that once it reached its intended orbit 550 kilometres above Earth, it inflated…
