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Published online 5 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070702-13
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Second space 'hotel' model launched
Time to start planning your 2012 orbital vacation?
Nearly a year after the successful launch of their first model inflatable space habitat, Bigelow Aerospace has launched a second, Genesis II.
One week after its launch from Russia on 28 June, the company says the new craft has inflated successfully and has transmitted its first photos back to Bigelow Aerospace headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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