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ILC Dover is part of a team led by Collins Aerospace that NASA selected in June 2022, along with Axiom Space, to develop spacesuits through the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program.
The cargo services pre-booking agreement with Axiom Space was the first time a European space capsule had been selected by a commercial space company to develop cargo transportation services from Earth to space and back to Earth.
In September 2023, The Exploration Company signed a cargo services pre-booking agreement with Axiom Space.
Axiom Space flew the Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station in April 2022.
A January 2023 NASA source selection statement indicated that NASA received proposals only from Axiom Space for the third and fourth PAM opportunities.
Axiom Space completed the Ax-3 private astronaut mission on 2024-02-09.
Axiom Space has been the only company selected by NASA for private astronaut missions under the agency’s 2019 policy.
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 signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency in 2023 to explore future human spaceflight opportunities.
The European Space Agency, Axiom Space, and the Swedish National Space Agency signed an agreement in April 2023 to enable Marcus Wandt’s flight.
Axiom Space reported that the Ax-3 crew spent 17 days on the International Space Station.
Planned crewed missions 2024 include Axiom’s Ax-3 and Ax-4, NASA Crew-8 scheduled as soon as 2024-02-22, and NASA Crew-9 scheduled in August.
Axiom Space is using private astronaut flights to gain spaceflight experience ahead of installing a series of commercial modules on the ISS that are intended to serve as the core of a standalone space station after ISS retirement.
The SpaceX Dragon supporting Axiom Mission 3 previously flew Crew-4 and Ax-2 to and from the International Space Station.
The Axiom Mission 3 crew is scheduled to spend around 14 days aboard the International Space Station to carry out as many as 30 experiments while working alongside the seven astronauts already aboard the station.
Ax-4 is tentatively planned for launch in the fall of 2024, and neither Axiom Space nor NASA have announced firm plans for missions beyond Ax-4.
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.
SpaceX launched Falcon 9’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, 2024-01-18 after a one-day delay.
Axiom Space flew Ax-1 in April 2022 and Ax-2 in May 2023.
The Dragon spacecraft supporting Ax-3 previously flew NASA Crew-4 and Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to and from the International Space Station.