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 ...

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 ...

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.

An experimental module attached to the International Space Station is being prepared for upcoming cargo operations. Tiny research satellites were also ejected from the orbital lab while a pair of ...

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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 astronaut Kate Rubins conducts tests and replaces parts inside the International Space Station’s Bigelow Expandable Activity Module in 2016. (NASA Photo) Just days after NASA laid out its ground ...

CAPE CANAVERAL—The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype expandable habitat developed by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace, will remain aboard the International Space Station for at ...

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