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Axiom Space

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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

NASA selected Axiom Space in January to access an ISS port that Axiom will use for a series of commercial modules starting in 2024 as a precursor to an eventual independent space station.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 22, 2020Blue Origin considers entering commercial space station business

Axiom Research Labs sought a corporate restructuring that would give it majority control over Orbit Beyond, which would violate NASA's requirements for domestic ownership.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceLegalRelationshipsValue 3.8Sep 21, 2020NASA inspector general criticizes high-risk approach to CLPS program

Axiom Space announced a contract with SpaceX in March for a Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station no earlier than the second half of 2021.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Sep 18, 2020Reality show latest sign of growing commercial interest in ISS

Axiom Space plans to undock its commercial module segment and turn it into a standalone commercial space station once the ISS is retired.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanGrowthValue 4.0Aug 17, 2020White House memo adds low Earth orbit research as R&D priority

Axiom Space plans to attach a commercially developed module to its assigned ISS docking port in 2024 and use that module as a hub for future modules.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanGrowthValue 4.2Aug 17, 2020White House memo adds low Earth orbit research as R&D priority

Axiom Space is developing a commercial module for the International Space Station under a $140,000,000 firm fixed price contract with NASA announced earlier in the year.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.5Jul 14, 2020Space hospitality startup to establish training complex

In January, NASA selected Axiom Space to use a docking port on the International Space Station for a module that Axiom Space plans to launch in the second half of 2024.

Mentioned as: axiom spaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Jun 22, 2020Virgin Galactic to work with NASA on private orbital spaceflight experiences

Axiom Space will purchase a commercial Crew Dragon mission from SpaceX to fly private astronauts to the International Space Station as soon as the second half of 2021.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Apr 21, 2020NASA adjusting its strategy for LEO commercialization

NASA announced on 2020-01-27 that it selected Axiom Space to use an ISS port for a series of commercial modules expected to be installed starting in late 2024.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanRelationshipsValue 4.5Mar 23, 2020Bigelow Aerospace lays off entire workforce

Axiom Space anticipates conducting as many as two private-astronaut missions to the International Space Station per year in accordance with NASA’s LEO commercialization strategy announced in June 2020.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanGovernanceGeneralValue 3.6Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space signed a contract with SpaceX for a commercial Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station on 2021-03-05.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space intends for the Axiom segment of the station to detach when the ISS is retired and, with the addition of a power and thermal module, become a free-flying space station.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space is raising a Series A funding round on the order of $100,000,000 and hopes to close the round by the 2021-06-15.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceFinancialPlanValue 4.0Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space plans to add a research and manufacturing module to its initial commercial module in 2026.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space’s planned commercial module will be similar to the station’s Node 2 and Node 3 modules but one to two meters longer.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

The Axiom commercial Crew Dragon mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than the second half of 2021.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanValue 3.0Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space plans to attach a commercial module to the Harmony (Node 2) docking port in late 2024 equipped with docking ports and an Earth Observatory that is a larger version of the station’s cupola.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanCapabilityValue 4.2Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Axiom Space plans to add a habitation module to its initial commercial module in 2025.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpacePlanGrowthValue 3.8Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

NASA selected Axiom Space on 2021-01-27 to gain access to a docking port on the station’s Harmony (Node 2) module.

Mentioned as: Axiom SpaceRelationshipsValue 4.5Mar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

NASA selected Axiom Space on 2020-01-27 to use an ISS docking port through its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program.

Mentioned as: axiom spaceRelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Jan 29, 2020Bigelow Aerospace sets sights on free-flying station after passing on ISS commercial module
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