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Axiom Space successfully completed a critical test for its AxEMU spacesuits, which will be used by astronauts traveling to the Moon during the Artemis III mission.
Axiom Space is developing Axiom Station, one of the world’s first commercial space stations.
Axiom Space conducted its first commercial mission to the ISS, Ax-1, in April 2022.
Axiom Space conducted its first commercial mission to the International Space Station, Ax-1, in April 2022.
Axiom Space plans to launch the first module of its commercial space station in 2026 and attach it to the ISS before expanding it and ultimately detaching it to operate independently.
Axiom Space plans to launch Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the ISS no earlier than October 2024 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Axiom Space plans to continue flying short-duration private astronaut missions to the ISS at a pace of two per year through the launch of its first commercial module, which is now planned for late 2026.
Axiom Space plans to launch ODC T1 by 2027.
Axiom Space is developing new lunar spacesuits and had a preliminary design review scheduled for November, with neither Axiom nor NASA reporting completion of that review as of 2023-11-30.
Axiom Space raised $350,000,000 in a funding round led by Aljazira Capital of Saudi Arabia and Korean healthcare firm Boryung.
Axiom Space will use the funding to support plans to launch the first module of its private space station in 2026.
Axiom Space secured $350,000,000 in the company’s Series-C round of growth funding.
Based on available PitchBook data, Axiom Space ranked second to SpaceX for the most amount of money raised by a private space company in 2023.
Axiom Space raised $350,000,000 from Saudi Arabian and South Korean investors on 2023-08-21 to continue development of a commercial space station.
Axiom Space is using the private astronaut missions to gain experience ahead of installing its first commercial modules on the International Space Station as soon as late 2025.
Walter Villadei, an Italian Air Force pilot, flew on Virgin Galactic’s first commercial suborbital flight on 2023-06-29 and trained with Axiom Space while serving as a backup on the Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station in May.
Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission aims to expand access to the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit.
Axiom Space’s first commercial space station module is currently planned for late 2025.
Axiom Space raised $130,000,000 in Series B funds in early 2021 from Declaration Partners, C5 Capital, Prime Movers Labs, and others.
Axiom Space plans to launch its first commercial module to be installed on the ISS in late 2025 following a rebaseline of its schedule.