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NASA have sent an inflatable pod up to the International Space Station to test if people could live in it.

The pod will expand to about 6 feet long and 8 feet wide - the size of a small bedroom - and will give astronauts larger, more comfortable places to live on space missions, in particular ones headed to Mars.

David Whitehouse is an author and astronomer, he said "the idea of having something to inflate is an easy and simple way of expanding a space station".

Scientists hope the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM for short) will change the face of space travel forever.

This clip is originally from 5 live breakfast on Thursday 26 May 2016.