Bigelow BEAM Contract
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and President and founder of Bigelow Aerospace Robert T. Bigelow, announce a planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology during a press conference held at Bigelow Aerospace on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Las Vegas. The $17.8 million contract with Bigelow Aerospace will provide a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which is scheduled to arrive at the space station in 2015 for a two-year technology demonstration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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201301160001HQ
Date Created
January 16, 2013
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HQ
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Location
Bigelow Aerospace
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