NASA awards Bigelow Aerospace the BEAM contract

When: 16 Jan 2013
Where: Las Vegas, NV
Sources: 3 public sources

Robert Bigelow at the January 2013 announcement of NASA's BEAM contract Bill Ingalls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NASA announced a $17.8 million contract for Robert Bigelow's company to supply an inflatable test module for the International Space Station. Bigelow, a longtime funder of UFO research, had earlier won the Pentagon's AAWSAP study contract.

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OfficialNASA To Test Bigelow Expandable Module On Space Station (opens in a new tab)NASA / 2013-01-16
PressNASA Planning to Test Bigelow Aerospace's Inflatable Module on ISS (opens in a new tab)AmericaSpace / 2013-01-18
PressNorth Las Vegas company gets $18 million contract for inflatable space room (opens in a new tab)VEGAS INC (Las Vegas Sun) / 2013-01-16

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