Axiom Space

Axiom Space’s upcoming third private astronaut mission promises to offer a preview of the future low-Earth-orbit economy.

Axiom Space plans to install a data center on Hab One to be linked to the ISS and use laser communications equipment to connect it to Earth-orbiting satellites.

Axiom Space is nearing completion of its Hab One pressure vessel.

The first all-European private astronaut crew is working toward a planned 14-day visit aboard the ISS to carry out science and technology investigations.

The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.

The European Space Agency and Axiom Space have agreed to collaborate.

The Spaceflight Framework Agreement was signed by Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign affairs and trade minister, and Mike Suffredini, Axiom Space’s CEO.

Saudi Arabian investor Aljazira Capital is supporting Axiom Space as the company works to develop a future commercial space station.

The mission date is to be announced at a later date, and the name of the astronaut awaits approval by NASA and the other ISS partners.

NASA has selected Axiom Space for a fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Europe’s Airbus Defense and Space is upping its stake in the Voyager Space-led Starlab project.

Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.

NASA has awarded Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace new task orders under existing contracts to provide spacesuits for use in low Earth orbit and the Moon’s surface.

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On its second private charter to the ISS, Axiom flies a pair of Saudi astronauts.

The four-person crew of Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on May 30.

Axiom Space’s second four-person private astronaut mission (AX-2) to the International Space Station departed the orbital laboratory as planned on May 30.

Russia’s MS-23 Progress resupply mission spacecraft autonomously docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station at midday May 24.

Axiom Space’s second, four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station docked to the space-facing port on the Harmony module on Monday.

Axiom Space’s abbreviated second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station cleared its May 15 flight readiness review.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon switched ISS docking ports May 6 to make room for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission and a later a SpaceX cargo mission.