Inflatable space station module slated for 2015 launch
2,490 views · Published 19 February 2013 · 0:51 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2013 · Science & Technology
The privately built Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is scheduled to be installed on the International Space Station in 2015 for a two-year test run. The BEAM, made by Bigelow Aerospace, is an inflatable habitat for astronauts that provides three times as much space as a metal module, is cheaper and easier to build and due to its lighter weight is cheaper to launch into space. The module will be launched for NASA in the cargo hold of a SpaceX Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be attached to the aft port of the station's Tranquility node.
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