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Expedition 47 astronauts Jeff Williams (left) and Timothy Kopra (middle) of NASA, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake (right) pose in front of the entrance to the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) after successful expansion. NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams and the NASA and Bigelow Aerospace teams working at Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center spent more than seven hours on operations to fill the BEAM with air to cause it to expand.