NASA, Axiom to Discuss First Private Astronaut Space Station Mission
NASA · 23 Feb 2022
NASA experts will join a virtual news conference hosted by Axiom Space to preview the launch of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The briefing will take place...
Axiom Space outlines research plans for first ISS mission
SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2021
The three private astronauts on Axiom Space’s first mission to the International Space Station next February will perform more than 100 hours of research on their flight as the company works to advance plans for its own...
Axiom signs deal with SpaceX for three more private crew missions
Spaceflight Now · 9 Jun 2021
SpaceX has signed a deal with Axiom Space, a Houston company that arranges private astronaut expeditions, for three more fully commercial Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station beyond Axiom’s first Drago...
Axiom Space purchases three Crew Dragon missions
SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2021
Axiom Space has signed a contract with SpaceX for three additional Crew Dragon missions, enough to meet its projections for private astronaut missions to the International Space Station through at least 2023.
Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station
Spaceflight Now · 25 May 2021
Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut, and veteran GT3-class race car driver John Shoffner, a long-time pilot, will anchor a four-person crew launching to the International Space Station aboard Axiom Space’...
Whitson to command second Axiom Space mission
SpaceNews · 25 May 2021
A former NASA astronaut who holds the record for the most time spent in space by an American will command Axiom Space’s second commercial mission to the International Space Station, the company announced May 25.
NASA, Axiom sign agreements moving ahead with first commercial station visit
Spaceflight Now · 10 May 2021
NASA and Houston-based Axiom Space have signed a “mission order” setting the stage for four civilians to visit to the International Space Station early next year, the first fully commercial flight to the orbiting lab com...
NASA, Axiom Space to Host Media Briefing on Private Astronaut Mission
NASA · 7 May 2021
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station and will host a teleconference with media at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 10, to discuss more deta...
NASA astronaut joins Russian Soyuz crew for April flight to space station
Spaceflight Now · 9 Mar 2021
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, veteran of a 168-day stay in space in 2017-18, will join two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft April 9 for a flight back to the International Space Station in a deal brokered thr...
Axiom Space raises $130 million
SpaceNews · 16 Feb 2021
Axiom Space announced Feb. 16 it has raised $130 million from a group of investors, allowing the company to push ahead with its long-term ambitions of establishing a private space station.
Axiom announces crew for first private ISS mission
SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2021
A commercial Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station early next year chartered by Axiom Space will carry four private astronauts — but not a superstar actor.