ISS Crew completes Ingress of BEAM Expandable Module
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was opened for business on Monday when Astronaut Jeff Williams became the first human to enter an inflatable module in space.
Read moreThe Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was opened for business on Monday when Astronaut Jeff Williams became the first human to enter an inflatable module in space.
Read moreThe International Space Station grew in size on Saturday when the Bigelow Expandable Module (BEAM) was successfully expanded on the second attempt after the initial deployment on Thursday did not work out as planned.
Read moreThe crew aboard the International Space Station will make another attempt to deploy BEAM, the first human-rated expandable module, on Saturday after engineering assessments following Thursday’s failed deployment of the module.
Read moreThe deployment of the first human-rated expandable module had to be stopped on Thursday aboard the International Space Station after the initial expansion of the small module did not show the expected progress.
Read moreThe International Space Station will get a new room on Thursday when the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be deployed as part of a long-duration test of expandable module technology for future application in space flight.
Read moreThe SpaceX Dragon made a successful return from a month-long Space Station Mission on Wednesday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 18:51 UTC several hours after the spacecraft was detached from the International Space Station to begin its homebound journey.
Read moreThe SpaceX Dragon departed the International Space Station after a one-month stay on Wednesday, en-route to a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean planned later in the day to return valuable scientific research to Earth.
Read moreThe first human-rate expandable habitation module was installed on the International Space Station on Saturday when the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) took up residence at the orbiting outpost for a two-year stay.
Read moreThe stage is set aboard the International Space Station for the robotic installation of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module on Saturday to become the first inflatable habitat to be attached to the Station.
Read moreThe Falcon 9 first stage that successfully landed on SpaceX’s Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship last week pulled into port on Tuesday.
Read moreThe SpaceX Dragon returned to the International Space Station on Sunday after a flawless rendezvous to mark the arrival of over three metric tons of cargo at ISS including a new, temporary module. It was the first Dragon to arrive at ISS after an eight-month gap following the loss of the Dragon SpX-7 capsule last June in a Falcon 9 launch failure.
Read more“Of Course I Still Love You, we have a Falcon 9 on board!” were the words met with exhilaration by thousands of SpaceX employees on Friday when the company finally achieved a successful Falcon 9 booster landing at sea.
Read moreA SpaceX Falcon 9 rumbled into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Friday, lifting the Dragon spacecraft into orbit for its return to the International Space Station for its first mission after a launch failure in 2015.
Read moreA SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket is counting down to an afternoon liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast at 4:43 p.m. on Friday, 20:43 UTC to mark the return of the Dragon Spacecraft to the International Space Station after a stand-down of nine months.
Read moreA SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket is counting down to an afternoon liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast at 4:43 p.m. on Friday, 20:43 UTC to mark the return of the Dragon Spacecraft to the International Space Station after a stand-down of nine months.
Read moreThe SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket tasked with sending the company’s Dragon spacecraft on its Return to Flight Mission completed a Static Fire Test on Tuesday, one of the final milestones ahead of Friday’s planned liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast.
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