Beam News

Microsoft said it is bolstering its Xbox arsenal with the purchase of a startup specializing in letting people join in the fun while watching live-streamed game play.

BEAM is expected to stay attached to ISS for two years in order to test its longevity in deep space.

Zuckerberg will video chat with the astronauts uisng Facebook's Live for 20 minutes asking them questions submitted by users on the NASA's Facebook page.

 After NASA's first attempt at deploying an inflatable habitat on the International Space Station - crucial for future deep space exploration - failed, the US space agency will make another attempt on Saturday.

The experimental expandable capsule BEAM that docks with the ISS was sent to space in April last year by NASA and Bigelow Aerospace.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), the first human-rated expandable structure crucial for deep space exploration for the future was installed successfully here today.

The US space agency NASA is all set to install the first human-rated expandable structure that may help inform the design of deep space habitats to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, April 16.

The last time six vehicles were docked to the station was back in the space shuttle era, when Discovery visited in February 2011.

According to NASA engineers, the walls of the inflatable rooms will be made up of multiple layers of thick fabric which will prevent the penetration of space junks.