{"id":3076,"date":"2015-03-04T04:43:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T04:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2015-03-04T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T04:45:13","slug":"media-invited-to-see-bigelow-expandable-space-station-module-ahead-of-shipment-to-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/media-invited-to-see-bigelow-expandable-space-station-module-ahead-of-shipment-to-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Invited to See Bigelow Expandable Space Station Module Ahead of Shipment to NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3077\" style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/m15-038.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3077 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/m15-038.jpeg\" alt=\"This artist&#039;s concept depicts the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), constructed by Bigelow Aerospace, attached to the International Space Station. The BEAM will be launched to the space station later this year. Image Credit: Bigelow Aerospace\" width=\"673\" height=\"378\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/m15-038.jpeg 673w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/m15-038-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/m15-038-70x40.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This artist&#8217;s concept depicts the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), constructed by Bigelow Aerospace, attached to the International Space Station. The BEAM will be launched to the space station later this year.<br \/> Image Credit: Bigelow Aerospace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">NASA and Bigelow Aerospace invite media to a photo and interview opportunity at 10 a.m. PST on Thursday, March 12, at Bigelow Aerospace\u2019s North Las Vegas facility to mark the completion of all major milestones on the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Reporters will have the opportunity to see and photograph the BEAM before it\u2019s shipped to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch to the International Space Station later this year. Robert Bigelow, president and founder of Bigelow Aerospace, and William Gerstenmaier, NASA\u2019s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, will conduct a joint question and answer session with media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">To attend, media must contact Mike Gold at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #273da2 !important;\" href=\"mailto:mgold@bigelowaerospace.com\">mgold@bigelowaerospace.com<\/a>\u00a0or 202-274-0227. Media seeking additional information, or who would like to request a one-on-one interview with Bigelow, also should contact Gold. Reporters seeking a one-on-one interview with Gerstenmaier should contact Stephanie Schierholz at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #273da2 !important;\" href=\"mailto:stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov\">stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<\/a>\u00a0or 202-358-1100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">The demonstration of expandable space habitat technology supports NASA\u2019s long-term exploration goals on its journey to Mars, for which the agency will need to develop a deep space habitat for human missions beyond Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">The BEAM is scheduled to launch in the second half of this year aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station and be installed on the aft port of the station\u2019s Tranquility node.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and Bigelow Aerospace invite media to a photo and interview opportunity at 10 a.m. PST on Thursday, March 12, at Bigelow Aerospace\u2019s North Las Vegas facility to mark the completion of all major milestones on the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). 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