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Bigelow Expandable Activity Module installation - 04/2016

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-is047-30101

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 27 cm

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was installed to the International Space Station on April 16, 2016 at 5:36 a.m. EDT. Following extraction from SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft using the Canadarm2 robotic arm, ground controllers installed the expandable module to the aft port of Tranquility. Astronauts will enter BEAM on an occasional basis to conduct tests to validate the module’s overall performance and the capability of expandable habitats.

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2016 - BEAM - EXPEDITION 47 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - ROBOTIC ARM - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE STATION -