BEAM module attached to the space station during its initial inflation attempt on Thursday, May 26, 2016. NASA TV Friday afternoon, mission managers said they planned to ...

After snags, BEAM space module expands to its full volume – like a bag of popcorn. by Alan Boyle on May 28, 2016 at 3:24 pm June 1, 2016 at 8:41 pm. Share Tweet Share Reddit Email.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) will be folded up into the trunk of the Dragon spacecraft like a parachute that is ready to be unfurled. The station's robotic arm will remove BEAM ...

Space station crew runs into glitch inflating "BEAM" module. By William Harwood Updated on: May 26, 2016 / 10:19 AM EDT / CBS News / CBS News ...

BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, is an inflatable space room prototype built by Bigelow Aerospace that could pave the way to inflatable moon bases and more. See photos here.

Astronauts entered the bedroom-sized BEAM expandable module for the first time today and started hooking up ... BEAM was built for NASA by Nevada-based Bigelow Aerospace under the terms of a $17. ...

NASA originally intended to keep the module on the station for two years to test the effectiveness of BEAM’s expandable module technology, then discard it. In October 2017, ...

A series of photos tracks the expansion of the BEAM module on the ISS May 28. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — An expandable module on the International Space Station finally deployed to its full size ...

The module is called BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, and it has been attached to the International Space Station since April last year. Credit: NASA.

The BEAM module, developed by Bigelow Aerospace, is designed to test the viability of expandable habitats in space. Over the next two years, ...

Bigelow Aerospace is sending an inflatable habitat module to the International Space Station. 🛍️ Black Friday deals are popping! We have you covered with the best sales. 🛍️ ...

When BEAM is launched, the ISS crew on the ground will move the module from the SpaceX Dragon capsule’s trunk out to an aft node on the station using a robotic arm (above).