This animated image shows four ways BEAM may expand in orbit once it has been attached to the International Space Station. This infographic gives facts about the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, ...

A prototype of what could be the next generation of space stations is currently in orbit around the Earth. The prototype is unusual. Instead of arriving in space fully assembled, it was folded up and ...

HOUSTON—Bigelow Aerospace’s bedroom-sized, experimental expandable habitat module crossed the midpoint of its planned two-year stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the U.S. Memorial ...

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka floated into the International Space Station's newest habitat Monday, possibly paving the way for private space stations in the years ...

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced Wednesday a newly planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology.

NASA has successfully deployed the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, the agency's Mars-bound bounce castle in a can. It's hard to overstate our satisfaction. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window ...

SYDNEY — NASA plans to keep an experimental expandable module attached to the International Space Station beyond its original two-year lifetime, the agency announced Oct. 2. In a procurement filing, ...

Next week, a rather exciting development is going to take place on the International Space Station (ISS). For the first time, NASA is going to test the viability of an inflatable, expandable module, a ...

NASA's then-Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and President and founder of Bigelow Aerospace Robert T. Bigelow, announce a planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting ...

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