Bigelow Expandable Activity Module News
BEAM is expected to stay attached to ISS for two years in order to test its longevity in deep space.
Williams and the NASA and Bigelow Aerospace teams working at Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully deployed the expandable habitat - Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) - at the International Space Station during more than seven hours of operations on May 28.
Astronauts will now perform tests to ensure the pod does not leak air and conduct other preparations before entering it for the first time.
The experimental expandable capsule BEAM that docks with the ISS was sent to space in April last year by NASA and Bigelow Aerospace.
In space exploration, scientists and engineers often strive to make more from less.
The last time six vehicles were docked to the station was back in the space shuttle era, when Discovery visited in February 2011.
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