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In July 2019, an engineering assessment certified BEAM's ability to remain attached to the station until 2028, as it has exceeded performance expectations and become a core cargo storage module on the volume-constrained station. A contract extension will be required to allow BEAM to serve its extended operational lifetime.<ref name="sn20190812"/>

With the suspension of all activities at Bigelow Aerospace, development on BEAM has ended. Engineering support passed to Bigelow subcontractor [[ATA Engineering]] in 2022, who will not continue development.<ref name=TMRO-20220126> {{cite episode |title= {{youtube|DB4jcVBBOOU|SpaceX's Raptor 2 is Revealed!}} |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4jcVBBOOU |series= TMRO News |publisher= TMRO |airdate= 26 January 2022 }} </ref>

== Objectives ==

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<ref name="US 7204460 B2">{{cite patent|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US7204460|title=Orbital debris shield|inventor=Bigelow, Robert T.|country=US|number=US 7204460 B2|status=patent|pubdate=2007-04-17 |gdate=2007-04-17|fdate=2004-06-24|pridate=2004-06-24}}.</ref>

<ref name="Lyle2015">{{cite documentreport|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archiveapi/nasacitations/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov20160001632/downloads/20160001632.pdf|title=Modeling of Local BEAM Structure for Evaluation of MMOD Impacts to Support Development of a Health Monitoring System|publisher=NASA Langley|first1=Karen H.|last1=Lyle|first2=Gregory J.|last2=Vassilakos|date=November 2015|id=NASA/TM-2015-218985 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417153708/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160001632/downloads/20160001632.pdf |archive-date=2022-04-17 |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

<ref name="Seedhouse2014-26">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qigBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|title=Bigelow Aerospace: Colonizing Space One Module at a Time|publisher=Springer-Praxis|first=Erik |last=Seedhouse|page=26|date=2014|isbn=978-3-319-05197-0|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-05197-0|quote=A middle layer was a closed-cell vinyl foam for radiation protection and thermal insulation}}</ref>