The Latest Breaking News from Axiom Space

4 civilians blast off from Kennedy Space Center in historic flight

A new era in commercial space travel launched from Kennedy Space Center on Friday.

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 8, 2022

NASA and SpaceX launch first all-private crewed mission to ISS

It was organized by Axiom Space, which hopes to build the world's first commercial space station.

Axios · Apr 8, 2022

First Private Mission Readies for Launch to ISS

The first fully private mission to the International Space Station is set to blast off Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022

Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a game changer

It’s not long since billionaires were competing to get to the “edge of space”. Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike the short “joyrides” of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, this mission will be…

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022

Axiom Space VP defends mission to the ISS: “We’re not space tourists”

On Monday, February 28, the company detailed the AX-1 mission, the first-ever private mission to the ISS, currently slated to launch on March 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Inverse · Mar 1, 2022

‘We are not space tourists’: Axiom Space a month out from civilian flight to ISS on SpaceX Dragon

Axiom Space officials may be taking three civilians up to the International Space Station at $55 million a seat along with their own employee, but they’d prefer not to be known as a space tourism company.

Orlando Sentinel · Mar 1, 2022

Jacobs Secures Commercial Space Headquarters Campus Contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:J) has secured the architecture and engineering phase one design contract from Axiom Space. Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract is for the Assembly, Integration, and Testing facility planned for the 400-acre Houston Spaceport in the heart of Space City at Ellington Airport. The private space station will…

Benzinga · Jan 18, 2022