Image: Inspecting the space station's expandable habitat

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 06:02 in Astronomy & Space

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inspected the Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the International Space Station on Sept. 5, 2016. Expandable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft while providing greater volume for living and working in space once expanded.

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