Space Station Live.

NASA Commentator Gary Jordan talks with Rajib Dasgupta, the International Space Station project manager for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, which will launch to the station on a Dragon cargo ship next month. Provided by Bigelow Aerospace, BEAM will be berthed to the aft docking port of the station’s Tranquility module for a two-year demonstration of the commercial expandable technology. The station crew members will perform maintenance inside the BEAM on a quarterly basis: inspecting for leaks, taking air and surface samples for later analysis, and changing out batteries in instruments measuring temperature and radiation levels and impact data.