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2017 – Bigelow Space Station – Snapshot

The privately owned Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), launched in 2016, remained attached to the ISS in 2017. NASA originally contracted Bigelow Aerospace to test the expandable habitat for two years, checking key desired characteristics such as radiation and leak resistance and whether it ...


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