Inflatable space hotel could be open for guests in ten years

Expandable room successfully added to the International Space Station ahead of two-year testing period

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Adventurous travellers could soon be bedding down in an inflatable room in space.

Over the weekend, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) successfully deployed an extendable add-on housing area that could one day revolutionise life in space, says Quartz.

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