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Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) launched on 2022-04-08 with Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Larry Connor, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy.
Two mission specialists for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) will be announced at a later date.
Axiom Space plans to add a second module in 2026 that will allow the company to host up to eight people at a time with multiple ports for visiting vehicles.
Axiom Space’s first commercial space station module is currently planned for late 2025.
Ax-1 was Axiom Space’s first private astronaut mission and launched one year before Ax-2.
Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 10:43 p.m. Eastern on 2023-05-08.
Axiom Space plans to add a research and science module in late 2026 or 2027.
Axiom Space signed a mission order with NASA on 2023-03-14 for a third private astronaut mission, Ax-3, scheduled for as soon as November.
Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission is scheduled to dock at the International Space Station at 11:40 a.m. Eastern on 2023-05-10.
Axiom Space views the Ax-2 mission as part of continuing efforts to build experience for its eventual commercial space station modules.
Artemis 3 is scheduled to launch no earlier than December 2025 pending development of SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander and new lunar spacesuits by Axiom Space.
Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for space operations, tweeted on 2023-03-23 that Starliner’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission had been delayed to some time after the launch of Axiom Space’s Ax-2 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in early May.
The Ax-3 mission order identifies capabilities NASA may obtain from Axiom Space, including return of scientific samples that must be kept cold in transit, return cargo capability, and use of the private astronaut mission commander’s time during the docked mission to complete NASA science or perform tasks for NASA.
NASA and Axiom Space signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Axiom Space has contracted SpaceX as the launch provider for transportation to and from the space station for Ax-3.
NASA selected Axiom Space for the third private astronaut mission from proposals received in response to NASA’s September 2022 NASA Research Announcement.
Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) is expected to spend 14 days docked to the International Space Station.
NASA and Axiom Space unveiled a prototype of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit at an event in Houston on 2023-03-15.
NASA awarded Axiom Space a $228,500,000 task order last September to develop the AxEMU spacesuit.
NASA awarded contracts last June to both Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide spacesuits for Artemis missions and International Space Station spacewalks.