{"id":12682,"date":"2016-05-24T20:57:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T00:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12682"},"modified":"2016-05-24T20:57:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T00:57:12","slug":"bigelow-module-on-iss-to-be-expanded-to-full-size-this-week-build-your-own-origami-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12682","title":{"rendered":"Bigelow module on ISS to be expanded to full size this week. Build your own origami version."},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0April 8th, a SpaceX<\/a> Dragon spaceship delivered a load of cargo to the Int. Space Station<\/a>. An important item in that cargo was an experimental habitat module in the unpressurized “trunk” section of the Dragon. This module is called the\u00a0Bigelow Expandable Activity Module<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0 BEAM<\/a>. It\u00a0was built by Bigelow Aerospace<\/a>, which is developing expandable structures that can be launched in compressed mode and then expanded to a size much bigger than could be launched directly.<\/p>\n

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On April 16th, astronauts aboard the ISS used a robotic arm to extract the BEAM from the Dragon and attached it to a ISS module. Here is a time lapse video showing the extraction and berthing:<\/p>\n