Axiom Space
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| Company type | Private incorporated company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace industry |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | Michael Suffredini Kam Ghaffarian[1] |
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Number of employees | 110 (2021)  |
| Website | axiomspace |
Axiom Space, Inc. is an American company which plans to create segments to attach to the International Space Station and later create a new Space station. It also plans to run private trips into, for example AX-1, with SpaceX.
Axiom Space Station[change | change source]
Axiom Space plans to create segments to attach to the ISS and increase the number of their segments in space until they separate their segments from the ISS, which will create their own separate space station.
Missions[change | change source]
The mission names start with "AX" which stands for Axiom Space, followed by the mission number.
AX-1[change | change source]
8 April 2022 to 25 April 2022: Axiom-1 mission used space capsule Resilience. The crew was
AX-1 will be the first time that a mission to the ISS where commercial companies are the only mission operators and managers. It will cost US$55 million to send each person to the ISS.[5]
AX-2[change | change source]
In May 2023, the Ax-2 flight started, and it got into orbit (on its way to ISS). It is a commercial flight. The astronauts are
- Peggy Whitson[6]
John Shoffner[6]
Ali AlQarni,[6]
Rayyanah Barnawi[6] the country's first female astronaut
- Peggy Whitson[6]
A CrewDragon 2 spacecraft is being used.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station module". SpaceNews.com. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ↑ "Israel names second Israeli to go to space: A millionaire who will fund the trip himself". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ↑ Irene Klotz [@Free_Space] (18 September 2020). "Space Hero mission is about 4th on @Axiom_Space manifest, Mike Suffredini tells @AviationWeek. First up in October 2021 is flight of 3 private individuals and former @NASA_Astronauts Mike Lopez-Algeria" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Tom Cruise is officially going to space for his next movie". 22 September 2020.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (5 March 2020). "There Are 2 Seats Left for This Trip to the International Space Station". The New York Times.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Heidler, Scott. "Ax-2 mission set to launch four private astronauts from Cape Canaveral". WESH2. Retrieved 21 May 2023.