Bigelow Aerospace BA-330 Launch

Animation of the launch and deployment of the Bigelow Aerospace BA-330 commercial space habitat module on an Atlas V rocket. The spaceship it docks with is Boeing's CST-100, which is being constructed for NASA's Commercial Crew program. It could just as easily be used with a SpaceX Dragon or Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser. Several of these modules can be joined to a docking hub to make large space stations, space docks, medical stations, or even be used as habitats on a large interplanetary spaceship like NASA's NAUTILUS-X concept.