“If you need me, I’ll be up in the clouds” is how comedian Brian Regan ends one of his better jokes. It turns out that now everyone can be up in the clouds thanks to designer Monica Forster and her ...

Angie McKaig turned us on to Swedish design company Offecct’s inflatable meeting room. Made of rip-stop white nylon, “Cloud” seems easily portable and may be an interesting meeting room option to help ...

The International Space Station gained a brand new room on Saturday (April 16), but it will be another month before it grows large enough for the astronauts to enter. A first-of-its-type inflatable ...

This image provided by Bigelow Aerospace on Wednesday shows an illustration of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, center right, attached to the International Space Station. It’s a technology ...

WEBVTT WENT WRONG WHILE TRYING TO INFLATE A NEW ROOM. MICHELLE: THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS SET TO GET A LITTLE BIT BIGGER TODAY. ASTRONAUTS WERE WORKING HARD FOR HOURS TO DEPLOY THE BIGELOW ...

The inflatable room is called the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). It will be folded up in the trunk of the Dragon spacecraft, sort of like a parachute that is ready to be unfurled. The BEAM ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room. It’s a technology demo meant to pave the way for moon bases and Mars expeditions, ...