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The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is an experimental expandable space station module developed by Bigelow Aerospace, under contract to NASA, for testing as a temporary module on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2016 to at most 2028, when the contract can not be further extended.
Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) [47] 16 m 3 (565 cu ft) [48] 8 April 2016, 20:43 UTC Falcon 9 Dragon: Launch successful; currently (2022) operational, docked to ISS in orbit. Development began December 2012, built under a US$17.8 million NASA contract. Cleared to remain docked to the ISS until 2028. [49] Orbital Station Module B330 ...
The Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station was a private orbital space station under conceptual development by Bigelow Aerospace in the 2000s and 2010s. [1] Previous concepts of the space station had included multiple modules, such as two B330 expandable spacecraft modules as well as a central docking node, propulsion, solar arrays, and attached crew capsules.
Called Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), the new private space company will oversee the marketing and customer service, as well as become the operations center for the space habitats its parent ...
The module was called the Expandable Bigelow Advanced Station Enhancement (XBASE), as Bigelow hoped to test the module by attaching it to the International Space Station. However, in March 2020, Bigelow laid off all 88 of its employees, and as of February 2024 [update] the company remains dormant and is considered defunct, [ 202 ] [ 203 ...
The B330 (previously known as the Nautilus space complex module and BA 330) was an inflatable space habitat privately developed by Bigelow Aerospace from 2010 until 2020. [6] The design was evolved from NASA 's TransHab habitat concept.
Robert Thomas Bigelow [1] [2] (born May 12, 1944) is an American businessman. He owns Budget Suites of America and is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace. [3] [4] Bigelow has provided financial support for investigations of UFOs and parapsychological topics, including the continuation of consciousness after death. [5]
The larger BA 2100 would extend the volume and capabilities of the B330 module, which is under development as part of the Bigelow Commercial Space Station. [4] As with the B330 module, the number in the name refers to the number of cubic meters of space offered by the module when fully expanded in space (equivalent to 74,000 cubic feet).