Inflatable Space Station Design Tested

June 29, 2007 By JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A new inflatable, unmanned test module for a proposed private space station was launched into orbit Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the U.S. company developing the technology said.

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