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NASA previously selected Axiom Space for the Ax-1 mission that went to the International Space Station in April 2022 and for Ax-2, which is scheduled to launch as soon as May.
NASA and Axiom Space unveiled a prototype of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit at an event in Houston on 2023-03-15.
The NASA manifest in the fiscal year 2024 budget documents shows Artemis 3 launching in December 2025 and including the first human lunar landing of Artemis using SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander and spacesuits developed by Axiom Space.
NASA expects Artemis 3 to launch about a year after Artemis 2, contingent on progress with SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander and Axiom Space’s new spacesuits.
The Dragon spacecraft supporting Crew-6 previously flew Demo-2, Crew-2, and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 missions to and from the International Space Station.
The Axiom Space Ax-2 astronauts plan to spend 10 days aboard the International Space Station conducting science, outreach, and commercial activities.
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) launched on 2022-04-08 with four private astronauts who spent 17 days in orbit working on 26 science payloads and conducting more than 30 STEAM educational and public outreach engagements.
Peggy Whitson of Axiom Space will lead the privately funded Ax-2 mission as mission commander.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with Axiom Space in September 2022 to fly two astronauts from the Saudi Space Commission as mission specialists on Ax-2.
Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) is Axiom Space’s second privately funded mission to the International Space Station.
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) launched on 2022-04-08 and its crew spent 17 days in orbit working on 26 science payloads and conducting more than 30 STEAM educational and public outreach engagements.
Axiom Space plans to install a series of commercial modules to the ISS that will serve as the core of a standalone space station and separate from the ISS before the ISS is retired around 2030.
Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Alqarni are the two Saudi astronauts selected for Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station.
Michael López-Alegría joined Axiom Space to support the company's efforts to develop a private space station.
The two unnamed Ax-2 crewmembers are widely believed to be Saudi Arabian astronauts under an agreement between the Saudi Space Commission and Axiom Space signed in September 2022.
Hungary is working to select an astronaut to fly to the International Space Station on an Axiom mission in late 2024 or early 2025.
Two other Ax-2 mission specialists are widely believed to be Saudi astronauts under a deal between Axiom Space and the Saudi Space Commission announced in September 2022.
NASA issued a $228,500,000 task order to Axiom Space in September to develop an Artemis spacesuit.
NASA awarded xEVAS contracts to Collins Aerospace and Axiom Space in June to develop spacesuits for both the International Space Station and Artemis lunar missions to be provided as services.