&lt;p&gt;The BEAM project advances inflatable habitat technology further and conducts flight demonstration of a commercially-designed inflatable system to achieve Technology Readiness Level 9.0.&amp;nbsp; The primary performance requirement is to demonstrate that the BEAM can successfully launch and deploy on the ISS, inflate, and maintain long-term pressure without leakage. The leak performance is defined as both short-term, immediately after deployment, and long-term, for the balance of the two-year period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The demonstration will consist of the following critical technology objectives:&lt;br /&gt;a) Launch of a packed inflatable structure in a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) launch vehicle&lt;br /&gt;b) &amp;nbsp;Robotic berthing to ISS&lt;br /&gt;c) &amp;nbsp;Safe deployment (inflation) on ISS&lt;br /&gt;d) Promote passive air exchange with ISS and create an environment inside the BEAM for ISS crew to ingress on a temporary basis&lt;br /&gt;e) Measure deployment loads during inflation of the BEAM on ISS&lt;br /&gt;f) Determine radiation protection capability of an inflatable structure in low Earth orbit and demonstrate the performance of advanced active radiation sensors on ISS&lt;br /&gt;g) Long-term structural performance of inflatable shell after exposure to atomic oxygen, vacuum, radiation and thermal cycling&lt;br /&gt;h) Demonstrate performance of structural health monitoring systems&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;i) Measure long-term leak performance of inflatable bladder and bladder joints after launch and deployment cycle&lt;br /&gt;j) Develop structural and mechanical system requirements for a human-rated inflatable module in external orbital environment and successfully verify those requirements&lt;br /&gt;k) Develop crew restraints and mobility aids for IVA activities inside an inflatable module.&lt;br /&gt;l) Develop and implement &amp;quot;housekeeping&amp;quot; procedures for internal surfaces of an inflatable module.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition, BEAM will demonstrate&amp;nbsp;jettisoning of a large inflatable structure from ISS during a contingency depress or at end of life (Note: Payloads on ISS are disposed with the returning Cargo vehicle at end of life. Robotic jettison of a large 3000 lbs structure at end of life has never been performed from ISS before and will be demonstrated with BEAM for the first time).&lt;/p&gt;