Groundbreaking Inflatable Module To Be Launched To The ISS Next Week

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An artist's impression of BEAM attached to the station. NASA

Next week, a rather exciting development is going to take place on the International Space Station (ISS). For the first time, NASA is going to test the viability of an inflatable, expandable module, a derivative of which may one day be used for missions to deep space, including to Mars.