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Axiom Space is a company that provides human spaceflight services and develops human-rated space infrastructure. It operates missions to the ISS and builds the world's first commercial space station and next-generation spacesuits for low-Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond.
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Humanity’s next step off the planet starts with Axiom Space....
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The Axiom Space AxEMU spacesuit is a revolutionary...
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Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom Space, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian , the company first flew a spaceflight in 2022: Axiom Mission 1 , the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space ...
- 2016; 7 years ago
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- 790 (2023)
Aug 21, 2023 · Axiom Space announced it raised $350 million in Series-C funding and secured over $2.2 billion in customer contracts for its world's first commercial space station. The company plans to launch its first module to the ISS in 2026 and operate independently by 2031.
Aug 3, 2023 · NASA and Axiom Space have agreed to a fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, using SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and services. The mission is part of NASA's transition to a commercial low Earth orbit economy and will launch no earlier than August 2024.
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- Axiom Mission 1 is a mission of firsts. Not only is this the first all-private mission to the ISS, it is also the first time a crew and spacecraft have traveled to the space station through commercial entities, inaugurating a new era in human space travel.
- Each crew member completed more than 700 hours of astronaut training before launch. The Ax-1 astronauts are the first all-private crew to complete a NASA-style training flow.
- While docked to the ISS, the crew circled Earth approximately 240 times. When the mission ends, the crew will have spent more than 15 days aboard the ISS —hat translates to roughly 240 orbits around the globe, or just over 6.3 million miles traveled, while docked to the space station.
- This is Commander Michael López-Alegría’s second “Endeavour” This isn’t López-Alegría’s first spin on a spacecraft with the name Endeavour. On the Ax-1 mission, he commanded SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour; back in 2002, he flew on STS-113, Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Sep 12, 2023 · Axiom Space will launch a crew of four to the International Space Station in January 2024, including the first Turkish astronaut and an ESA project astronaut. The mission will conduct science, outreach, and commercial activities as part of NASA's low Earth orbit ecosystem development.
Jan 18, 2024 · Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission is the third-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS).. The mission returned to Earth on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule on ...
