Astronaut’s First Steps into BEAM Will Expand the Frontiers of Habitats for Space

Friday, June 3, 2016 - 16:10 in Astronomy & Space

On Monday, June 6, astronaut Jeff Williams will enter the first human-rated expandable module deployed in space, a technology demonstration to investigate the potential challenges and benefits of expandable habitats for deep space exploration and commercial low-Earth orbit applications. Williams and the NASA and Bigelow Aerospace teams working at Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson […]

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