ET NASA is scheduled to expand the new inflatable room on the station called BEAM, which stands for Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Earthbound viewers curious to watch NASA deploy the latest addition to the International Space Station can tune in bright and early Thursday morning to the space agency’s website. Related: NASA identifies 1,284 new exoplanets, most ever announced at onceScientists from NASA hosted a Reddit AMA about BEAM expansion on Tuesday. NASA says that expandable modules like BEAM promise to be both lighter and smaller than traditional modules, and are thus easier to transport into space. Once NASA astronaut Jeff Williams expands it, the windowless room will be just over 13 feet long and over 10 feet in diameter.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2016 13:48 UTC