A camera on the International Space Station shows the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, after inflation. (Credit: NASA TV) It took almost eight hours, but NASA accomplished the first ...

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 May 28 ...

The International Space Station crew began the process Thursday of inflating an innovative expandable space module developed by a Las Vegas billionaire, but the inflation stalled and NASA called off ...

NASA sent a very important inflatable module to the International Space Station on April 8 th that could set a precedent for space travel and space habitation for human beings. Nearing the end of this ...

WASHINGTON — Bigelow Aerospace and NASA are reevaluating their plans for the expansion of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) after astronauts on the International Space Station were unable ...

In late March, a resupply capsule lifted off and headed to the ISS and among the gear and supplies on board was the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module known as BEAM. After many weeks of work, the BEAM ...

Engineers will deflate and then attempt to repressurize an experimental expandable crew module attached to the International Space Station early Saturday in hopes of freeing up a jam of some sort that ...

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams works inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, the newest addition to the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA TV) Nine days after the Bigelow ...

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The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is a 3,000-pound inflatable module docked to the International Space Station. In April, BEAM was shipped off to the space station aboard SpaceX’s ...