NASA’s Bouncy Castle in the Sky

NASA, Space


This short time-lapse video shows the complete Bigelow Aerospace BEAM expansion from start to finish to its full expanded, pressurized volume on Saturday, May 28. BEAM was installed May 16 on the Tranquility module after being delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft.

Took the video from NASA’a weekly recap here:

Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

Nasa dreams of space castles:

NASA dreams of bouncy space castle - and we dream too, cause maybe one day we wanna bounce there
NASA dreams of bouncy space castles – and we dream too, cause maybe one day we wanna bounce there. I’d bounce on a space castle any day.

 

On Monday, June 6, astronaut Jeff Williams will enter the first human-rated expandable module deployed in space, a technology demonstration to investigate the potential challenges and benefits of expandable habitats for deep space exploration and commercial low-Earth orbit applications.

 

 

Astronaut’s First Steps into BEAM Will Expand the Frontiers of Habitats for Space