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Axiom Space gained initial NASA approval for the venture in January 2020. Axiom Space was later awarded the contract by NASA on February 28, 2020. [2] Axiom Station is one of multiple Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) projects supported by NASA to build a successor to the International Space Station (ISS) before its decommissioning in 2030.
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 Station (ISS).
In 2021, it was announced that Meyerson, former Blue Origin president, would be joining Axiom's board of directors and that Axiom Space had raised $130m in a new round of funding. [9] Meyerson stated that Axiom Space is a force in the space sector, and it would enhance the vision for a secure global future. [9]
U.S.-based startup Axiom Space is exploring using Indian launch vehicles to support its international space station mission, a senior executive said on Tuesday. Axiom Space is one of the few ...
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian luxury group Prada and Houston-based startup Axiom Space unveiled on Wednesday the design of a spacesuit that will be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to the moon that is ...
In 2016, he co-founded another company, Houston-based Axiom Space, with Michael Suffredini. [6] [13] The company is focusing on private space missions and facilities and planned to build the first private space station. [14] As of October 2019, Ghaffarian was appointed to the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Board of Directors.
Axiom Station is a planned commercial space station that will begin as a single module docked to the ISS. Axiom Space gained NASA approval for the venture in January 2020. The first module, the Payload Power Transfer Module (PPTM), is expected to be launched to the ISS no earlier than 2027. [ 16 ]
Matthew Ondler (born April 15, 1963) is the CTO and Director of Spacecraft Development at Axiom Space. [1] Axiom Space is building the world's first commercial space station. Shortly after Ondler joining Axiom Space, NASA announced the award of $140M contract to Axiom and the exclusive right for Axiom Space to build its space station off the ...