Expanding BEAM.

NASA Commentator Brandi Dean speaks with Heidi Brewer, the NASA operations lead for this week’s scheduled expansion of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Delivered to the International Space Station on a commercial cargo ship and installed on the aft port of the Tranquility module using the Canadarm-2, BEAM will be expanded to its full size later this week to begin a two-year test of its ability to maintain a safe environment, with sensors monitoring temperature, radiation levels, and impacts from orbital debris.