NanoRacks Bishop Airlock and BEAM
NanoRacks Bishop Airlock and BEAM
NASA
The International Space Station’s newest component is the NanoRacks Bishop Airlock (center left) attached to the end of the Tranquility module.
Bishop will enable more commercial research, satellite deployments, and cargo operations outside in the vacuum of space. Located on the other side of Bishop on Tranquility is BEAM, or the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, which is a cargo stowage module outfitted with sensors continuously monitoring its environment.
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