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It took almost eight hours, but NASA accomplished the first expansion of a pop-up module at the International Space Station today, by inflating the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM. BEAM was built for NASA by Nevada-based Bigelow Aerospace...

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: The first inflatable room in space was attached to the International Space Station by NASA on Saturday. It’s the beginning of a two-year test period for this expandable habitat. Correspondent Miles...

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: how NASA is trying to fight fire with fire in space. Researchers are conducting new experiments that would limit that particular danger for future space travel. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien...

Despite the federal government shutdown, the US Naval Institute proceeded with a history symposium titled “Past, Present, and Future of Human Space Flight” at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday. “The conference...

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