After withstanding a successful test period at the International Space Station, the Bigelow Aerospace expandable habitat, BEAM, is being considered for an extension. Expandables like BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) offer a comfortable area for astronauts to live and work. They also provide a varying degree of protection from solar and cosmic radiation, space debris, atomic oxygen, ultraviolet radiation and other elements of the space environment. Learn More: http://go.nasa.gov/2g5UVIM
